FAUNA OF JHILMIL JHEEL RESERVE

The habitat of Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve makes it for perfect home for animals found in foothills of Himalaya. The wetland is popular place for Swamp Deer, which is found here only in Uttarakhand. Besides this your visit may experience the following animals also.

  1. Spotted deer (Chital) (Axis axis) 
  2. Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
  3. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
  4. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
  5. Blue bull / NilGai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
  6. Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
  7. Monkey (Rhesus macaque)
  8. Langur (Semnopithecus entellus)
  9. Mongoose (Urva edwardsii)
  10. Hare (Lepus nigricollis)
  11. Jungle cat (Felis chaus)
  1. Otter (Lutra perspicillata
  2. Porcupine (Hystrix Indica)
  3. Sambar (Rusa unicolor) 
  4. Barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak) 
  5. Hog deer (Axis porcinus)
  6. Stripped Hyna (Hyaena hyaena)
  7. Burmese Pythons (Python bivittatus)
  8. Himalayan Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus laniger) 
  9. Sloth Beer (Melursus ursinus)
  10. Marsh Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)

AVIAN RICHNESS

Bird enthusiasts will find Jhilmil Jheel a haven, with a plethora of resident and migratory species gracing its landscapes. Notable avian species include:

  1. Bar-winged
  2. Flycatcher-shrike
  3. Common Iora
  4. Ashy Drongo
  5. Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
  6. Yellow-bellied Prinia Zitting Cisticola
  7. Red-rumped Swallow
  8. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
  9. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
  10. Crimson Sunbird
  11. Baya Weaver
  12. Black-breasted Weaver
  13. Scaly-breasted Munia
  14. Paddyfield Pipit
  15. Rufous Woodpecker
  16. Indian Cuckoo
  17. Little Ringed Plover
  18. Tawny Eagle
  1. Bay-backed Shrike
  2. Ashy-crowned
  3. Sparrow-Lark
  4. Sand Lark
  5. Oriental Skylark
  6. Striated Grassbird
  7. Brahminy Starling
  8. Red Avadavat
  9. Little Swift
  10. Red Collared-Dove
  11. Eurasian Moorhen
  12. Pallas’s Gull
  13. River Tern
  14. Black-necked Stork
  15. Intermediate Egret
  16. Himalayan Griffon
  17. Stork-billed Kingfisher
  18. Black-winged Cuckooshrike
  19. Crested Lark

FAUNA OF JHILMIL JHEEL C R

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Reptilian and Amphibian Presence

The reserve’s wetlands and grasslands provide habitats for various reptiles and amphibians, including: