The wonderful sub-tropical forest environment that extends across Pachmarhi Reserve is an ideal habitat for wildlife, with 42 tigers having been recorded here in 2012, as well as 3,000 wild boar and nearly 1,000 barking deer.
The park is also a real paradise for bird enthusiasts. The steep vertical escarpment that climbs from the forest floor is home to numerous raptors including honey buzzard and black eagle. Other birds here include Malabar pied hornbill, Malabar whistling thrush, paradise fly catcher and both grey, and red jungle fowl. Occasionally crocodile and crested serpent eagle are also seen.
The Pachmarhi plateau is the highest part of the Satpura Hills reaching an altitude of about 1,220 metres with Dhoopgarh being the highest peak in Central India at 1,350 metres. The ‘Satpuras' are ancient mountains running west to east parallel to the Vindhya range in the north.
The presence of numerous streams, dense foliage, wild flowers and woodland edges attract a great diversity of colourful butterflies, including orange oak leaf, black rajah, great egg fly and blue pansy.
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