Pakhui Tiger Reserve
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Pakhui Tiger Reserve
| Pakke Tiger Reserve | |
| — tiger reserve — | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Coordinates | 27°05′N 92°51.5′E / 27.083°N 92.8583°ECoordinates: 27°05′N 92°51.5′E / 27.083°N 92.8583°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Arunachal Pradesh |
| District(s) | East Kameng |
| Established | 1966 |
| Nearest city | Rangapara 36.2 kilometres (22.5 mi) NE |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
861.95 square kilometres (332.80 sq mi) • 2,040 metres (6,690 ft) |
| Climate • Precipitation |
Cwa (Köppen) • 2,506 mm (98.7 in) |
| Governing body | Secretary (Environment & Forest), Government of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Website | Pakke Tiger Reserve |
Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR) is a Project Tiger tiger reserve in the East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. The 862 square kilometres (333 sq mi) reserve is protected by the Department of Environment and Forest of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Location
PTR is located between 92° 36′ – 93° 09′E and 26° 54′ – 27° 16′N. The reserve is bounded by the Kameng river in the west, the Pakke River in the east and the Papu River and high mountainous ridges in the north. PTR is contiguous with Tenga Reserve Forest in the northwest, Doimara Reserve Forest in the west, Nameri Tiger Reserve to the south in the neighbouring state of Assam and Papum Reserve Forest in the east.
Sessa Orchid Sanctuary and Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary are adjacent to PTR on the opposite side of the Kameng River in the west.[2]
History
The area of present Pakke Tiger Reserve was originally constituted as Pakke Reserve Forest on July 1, 1966 and was declared as Camo Sanctuary on March 28, 1977. It was next declared as Pakhui Wildlife sanctuary on April 18, 2002, and was finally declared, as Pakke Tiger Reserve on April 23, 2002 as the twenty sixth tiger reserve under Project Tiger of the National Tiger Conservation Authority.[3]
Geography
The reserves elevations range from 100 metres (330 ft) to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) metres above msl. The terrain is rugged with mountainous ranges in the north and narrow plains and sloping hill valleys in the south. The sanctuary slopes southwards towards the river valley of the Brahmaputra River.ref name="Tapi"/>
Climate
PTR has a subtropical climate with cold weather from November to March. The temperature varies from 12 to 36 °C (54 to 97 °F). Annual rainfall is 2,500 millimetres (98 in). It receives rainfall predominantly from the south-west monsoon in May to September and north-east monsoon from November to April. October and November are relatively dry. May and June are the hottest months. Humidity levels reach 80% during the summer.[2]
Flora
The habitat types are lowland semi-evergreen, evergreen forest and Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests.
The major tree species at Pakke include, Terminalia myriocarpa (Hollock), Ailanthus ezcelsa (Barpat), Duabhangagrandiflora (Khokan), Canarium resinferum, Trewia nudiflora, Tetramelus nudiflora, sterculia villosa, macropanax dapermus, syzigiummacrocarpum, garcinia species, quercus lamaliosa, castonopis indica, phoebe goalparensis, amorawallichii, ailanthus grandis, pterspermum scerifoloium, dillenia indica, artocarpus chaplas, bischofia japonica (uriam), albizia procer and bambox ociba (simul).
The important bamboo species are Dendroclamus hamitonii, bamboosa pelida and pseudostachym polymorphism. The cane species are calams crectus, calamus tenuis calamus flagella.[3]
Fauna
Notable mammals in the Tiger Reserve are: Tiger, leopard, clouded Leopard, jungle cat, wild dog Jackal, Himalayan Black Bear, Biturong, Elephant, Gaur, Samber, Hog deer, Barking Deer, Wilboar, Yellow throated martin, Malayan Giant, squirrel, Flying squirrel, squirrel, civet, cappedlangur, Rhesus macaque, assameseMacaque, Bison etc. The presence of stamp tailed macaque has been reported by one researcher.[3]
Speciality Birds seen in PTR include: jerdon's baza, pied falconet, white-cheeked hill-partridge, grey peacock-pheasant, elwe's crake, ibisbill, emerald cuckoo, red-headed trogon, green-pigeon spp., forest eagle-owl, wreathed hornbill, great hornbill, collared broadbill and long-tailed broadbill, blue-naped pitta, lesser shortwing, white-browed shortwing, daurian redstart, leschenault's forktail, lesser necklaced laughing-thrush, silver-eared leiothrix, white-bellied yuhina, yellow-bellied flycatcher-warbler, sultan tit, ruby-cheeked sunbird, maroon oriole, and crow-billed drongo,[4]
References
- ^ a b Birand, A & Pawar, S (2004) An ornithological survey in north-east India. Forktail20. p.15–24. PDF
- ^ a b c Tana Tapi, Divisional Forest Officer,, "General Information", Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR, Kalyan Varma), http://www.pakketigerreserve.org/?page_id=263, retrieved 2012-02-26
- ^ a b c "Pakke Tiger Reserve", Reserve Guide - Project Tiger Reserves In India (National Tiger Conservation Authority), http://www.pakketigerreserve.org, retrieved 2012-02-26
- ^ "Pakke Tiger Reserve, General information", Birding Hotspost ofWestern Arunachal Pradesh (Eaglenest Biodiversity Project), 2005-04-13, http://www.pakketigerreserve.org, retrieved 2012-02-26
External links
- Map - Pakke Tiger Reserve
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