| Royal Chitwan National Park is Nepal’s first and most famous
national park. There are four species of deer,
including the spotted chittal, leopard, sloth bear,
wild boar, rhesus monkey, grey langur monkey, wild
dog, small wild cats, the white stockinged
gaur,peacocks,several species of woodpeckers,
hornbills,Bengal florican, and red-headed trogons. In winter
birds such as waterfowl, Brahminy duck, pintails and
bar headed geese are found and in the summer the
forest is with alive nesting migrants such as the
fabulous paradise flycatcher, the Indian pitta and
parakeets.
The Royal Bardia National Park is the home
for the spotted deer. Other ungulates include black
buck, hog deer, samber deer, wild boar and
barasingha or swamp deer, langur and the rhesus
macaque. The park is famous for its small herds of
wild elephants, small population of the rare gharial,
the marsh mugger crocodile and the Gangetic dolphin.
The island of the Karnali river harbours largest
antelope species, the nilgai or blue bull. The Karnali
and Babai rivers attract a large number of wintering
waterfowl along with resident species such as herons,
kingfishers and wall creepers.
Sagarmatha National Park boosts of trees
such as rhododendron, birch, blue pine, juniper and
silver fir. Wildlife includes Himalayan thar,
ghoral, muskdeer, pikka, weasel and occasionally
jackal, Himalayan black bear, Wolf, lynx and snow
leopard. Bird commonly seen are Impeyan pheasant,
blood pheasant, snow cock, snow pigeon, red billed and
yellow billed chough, Himalayan griffon vulture and
lammergeyer.
Langtang is one of the most unspoiled
national parks of Nepal. It is inhabited by the red
panda, wild boar, Himalayan black bear, ghoral, gray
langur monkey, and leopard,Larch, Musk deer and snow
leopard.
Shey Phoksundo is Nepal's largest national
park and covers 3,555 sq.km. The wildlife includes a
good population of blue sheep and ghoral, musk deer,
leopard, wild dog, wolf, marmot, weasel, mouse hare,
rhesus and langur monkey. The higher reaches are the
haunt of the elusive snow leopard.
Rara is Nepal's smallest and most scenic
national, park covers 106 sq./km.The centerpiece is
the pristine Lake Rara, the biggest lake in Nepal. The
lake is surrounded by richly forested hills.The
habitat supports animals like the red panda, black
bear, yellow throated martin, ghoral, serow and musk
deer, leopard and wolf. The lake attracts migrant
wildfowl like teals, pochards and mallards. Resident
birds include the Impeyan, kalij and blood pheasant
and the chukkor partridge.
The Makalu Barun national park includes the
endangered red panda, musk deer, Himalayan black deer,
clouded leopard and possibly snow leopard, in addition
to more substantial populations of ghoral, tahr, wild
boar, barking deer, Himalayan marmot and weasel,
common langur monkey and the serow. The Arun river
system contains 84 varieties of fish.
Khaptad is Nepal's newest park area with 225
sq kms area. The forest consists of mixture of tall
fir, yew rhododendron, oak, dense strands of bamboo
and smaller shrubs. This habitat provides good cover
for bear, leopard, barking and musk deer, as well as
birds like the Impeyan, koklas, and kalij pheasants.
Sukla Phanta grassland is one of the last
remaining habitat for threatened animals like the
hispid hare and the pygmy hog, the barasingha. It alos
includes spotted deer, hog deer, nilgai, wild dog,
jackal, porcupine and otter. The park and the
adjoining forest is the territory of small number of
tigers which because of open terrain, are not uncommon
the sight on the prowl, wild elephants have also been
sighted in the park. Rani Tal, a small lake attracts
bird and animals alike. Herons, ducks, storks,
kingfishers and egrets vie for food and swamp deer
wallow at the edges.
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