Pench National Park
by Natue Safari India Tiger Safari and Wildlife Tours in IndiaPench national park is located in two
states, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Part of the Highlands of Central India.
One of the few areas in central India which has a teak forest. It shares a
healthy corridor with Kanha National Park. There is a lot of movement of
animals in this corridor including the Tigers. There have been occasions when
some Tigers have migrated from Kanha to Pench and backwards. Tiger population
is very healthy in Pench, and has infact increased in last 4-5 years. But what
is really good about Pench is the healthy population of Dholes, the Indian Wild
Dog. In one range of Pench Indian Grey Wolves are also sighted which are very
rare. Population of Indian Gaur is very healthy here. Pench river flows through
the forest, and a huge Totladoh dam is also a part of this national park. Pench
has very good birding as well. Close to 300 species of birds have made Pench
their home.
Pench is where the Jungle Book comes to
life. In the district of Seoni[erstwhile Seonee, where Mowgli was born], not
more than 2.5 hours away from Nagpur City, lies this very important reserve.
Forming corridors for movement of tigers
between Kanha, Nagzira as well as Bor Wildlife Sanctuary – Pench is one of the
most significant landscapes although living dangerously amongst area of great
“development” potential for the powers that be.
This Tiger Reserve is spread across 2000 sq
km in the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, although the areas close to
and in Madhya Pradesh are the most. The core area of Pench Maharashtra is
around 400 sq. km whose popularity has risen due to the groundbreaking
documentary film by the BBC called “Tiger : Spy in the Jungle” wherein
elephants have been trained to take intimate footage of a family of a dominant
tigress and her 04 cubs right from birth to adulthood! The equipment used was
ahead of its time with a story well woven.
Pench has one of the highest densities of
Spotted Deer in India, and animals such as the Indian Leopard and the Dhol or
Indian Wild Dog exist while carefully avoiding conflict with the 80-odd tigers
in the wild here. Here, evidence of large villages which have been relocated to
bring back the grasslands is apparent with sprawling grasslands now as far as
the eye can see, amongst the gently rolling hills which are gorgeous just after
the monsoons.
The life-giving Pench river is a hot-bed of
activity with water-birds and herbivores which attract the Jackal, Wild Dog as
well as the Tiger who make it one of their hunting grounds. Vultures roost atop
the dry trees, looking to scavenge on the remains. Here is exclusive list of birds along with Common name and Scientific Name.
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
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Common name |
Scientific name |
Lesser Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna javanica |
Ruddy Shelduck |
Tadorna ferruginea |
Cotton Pygmy-Goose |
Nettapus coromandelianus |
Garganey |
Spatula querquedula |
Gadwall |
Mareca strepera |
Eurasian Wigeon |
Mareca penelope |
Indian Spot-billed Duck |
Anas poecilorhyncha |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
Green-winged Teal |
Anas crecca |
Red-crested Pochard |
Netta rufina |
Common Pochard |
Aythya ferina |
Ferruginous Duck |
Aythya nyroca |
Tufted Duck |
Aythya fuligula |
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GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae |
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Indian Peafowl |
Pavo cristatus |
Red Spurfowl |
Galloperdix spadicea |
Painted Spurfowl |
Galloperdix lunulata |
Jungle Bush-Quail |
Perdicula asiatica |
Painted Francolin |
Francolinus pictus |
Gray Francolin |
Francolinus pondicerianus |
Red Junglefowl |
Gallus gallus |
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PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae |
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Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae |
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Rock Pigeon |
Columba livia |
Oriental Turtle-Dove |
Streptopelia orientalis |
Eurasian Collared-Dove |
Streptopelia decaocto |
Red Collared-Dove |
Streptopelia tranquebarica |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Laughing Dove |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
Asian Emerald Dove |
Chalcophaps indica |
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon |
Treron phoenicopterus |
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PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae |
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Painted Sandgrouse |
Pterocles indicus |
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CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae |
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Greater Coucal |
Centropus sinensis |
Sirkeer Malkoha |
Taccocua leschenaultii |
Pied Cuckoo |
Clamator jacobinus |
Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopaceus |
Gray-bellied Cuckoo |
Cacomantis passerinus |
Common Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx varius |
Indian Cuckoo |
Cuculus micropterus |
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CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae |
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Jungle Nightjar |
Caprimulgus indicus |
Indian Nightjar |
Caprimulgus asiaticus |
Savanna Nightjar |
Caprimulgus affinis |
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CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae |
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