Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary

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• In a remarkable discovery, a tiger was spotted for the first time at Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary.

Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the foothills of Himalayas in Almora district of Uttarakhand.
• The peak point known as Jhandi Dhar is at an elevation of 2412 meters.
• Apart from protecting wildlife, the sanctuary was established with an aim to conserve the broad leaf oak forests, mainly located in the Central Himalayan region.
• Binsar was the summer capital of the Chand Kings, who ruled Kumaon from the 11th to 18th centuries.
• The sanctuary has been declared an Important Bird Area by Bird Life International as there are more than 200 species of birds in the sanctuary, including Fork tail, Blackbirds, Laughing Thrush, Pheasant, Nuthatches, Parakeets and Monal.