Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary situated on the foothills of Himalayas bordering Bhutan in the north and in Udalguri district and Baksa District of Assam, India. This sanctuary was named after the river Bornadi which flows on its western border. It is from Tangla town and from Guwahati. The sanctuary was established in 1980 to protect the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) and pigmy hog (Porcula salvania). It is home to many birds such as the white-capped redstart, the blue magpie, deer and leopard.

Climate

The climate of the area is warm

Biodiversity

There are mammals such as the pygmy hog, golden langur, clouded leopard, hoolock gibbon and white-winged wood duck and some migratory and local birds like peafowl, hornbill, swamp partridge, Bengal florican, kingfisher, woodpecker, Great Cormorant, Little Cormorant, Little Green Heron, Night Heron.

Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary

See also

Protected areas of Assam

References

External links

Wildlife sanctuaries in Assam

Udalguri district

Protected areas established in 1980

Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests

1980 establishments in Assam

Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary