Area : 499 sq. km.
Established : 1984
Location :
Parsa Wildlife Reserve occupies parts
of Chitwan, Makawanpur, Parsa and Bara Districts
in central Nepal. The reserve headquarters
is situated at Adabar on the Hetauda-Birgunj
highway.
Feature :
The dominant landscape of the reserve are the
Churiya hills ranging from 750 m. to 950 m.
and running east-west through the reserve. The
reserve has sub-tropical forest types with sal
constituting 90% of the vegetation. In the Churiya
hills and along the streams, chir pine grows.
Khair, sissoo and the silk cotton tree also
occur. Sabai grass, a commercially important
species, grows well along southern face of the
Churiya hills.
The reserve supports a good population of resident
wild elephant, tiger, leopard, sloth bear,
gaur, blue bull, and wild dog. Other common
animals are sambar, chital, hog deer, barking
deer, langur, striped hyena, ratel, palm civet
and jungle cat.
There are nearly 300 species of birds in the
reserve. Giant hornbill, peafowl, red jungle
fowl, flycatchers and woodpeckers are a few
of the other common birds found in the reserve.
Many kinds of snakes including king cobra,
common cobra, krait, rat snake and python
are found in the reserve due to hot tropical
climate.