page_title: Bandipur National Park
section_title: Birds
hierarchical_section_title: Bandipur National Park / Biology and ecology / Fauna / Birds
caption_attribution_description: English: A Kingfisher resting on a bamboo trunk in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka alongside the Kabini river.
context_page_description: Bandipur National Park established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the Indian state of Karnataka, which is the state with the second highest tiger population in India. Along with adjacent Nagarhole National Park it is one of the premier Tiger Reserves in the country. It was once a private hunting reserve for the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore but has now been upgraded to Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Bandipur is known for its wildlife and has many types of biomes, but dry deciduous forest is dominant.
  The park spans an area of 874 square kilometers, protecting several species of India's endangered wildlife. Together with the adjoining Nagarhole National Park, Mudumalai National Park and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, it is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve totaling 2,183 km² making it the largest protected area in southern India and largest habitat of wild elephants in south Asia.
  Bandipur is located in Gundlupet taluq of Chamarajanagar district. It is about 80 kilometers from the city of Mysore on the route to a major tourist destination of Ooty.
context_section_description: Peafowl are among the most commonly seen birds in Bandipur along with grey junglefowl, crows and drongos. Bandipur is home to over 200 species of birds including honey buzzards, red-headed vultures, Indian vultures, flowerpeckers, hoopoes, Indian rollers, brown fish owls, crested serpent eagles, changeable hawk-eagles, bee-eaters and a whole lot of kingfishers and ospreyss are a common sight in winter.
caption: A kingfisher resting on a bamboo trunk in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka alongside the Kabini river.
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