Flora & Funna

Western Orissa has varied and wide spread forests with dry deciduous, moist deciduous forests with several unique, endemic, rare and endangered floral and faunal species. Western Orissa is one of the richest bio-diversity regions in Southeast Asia. This region comes under the western rolling uplands and major flood plains. The dominant vegetation type is mangrove. Wild animals like Leopard cat, fishing cat, jungle cat, hyena, wild boar, spotted deer, porcupine, python, king cobra, water monitor lizard, terrapin, , kingfisher, wood pecker, hornbill, bar headed geese, Brahminy duck, waders and a large variety of resident and migratory birds can be seen. In Debrigarh Sanctuary located in Bargarh district, the floral species found are Bija, Sal, Sisoo, Bandhan, Manul, Dhaura, Karada, Harda, Ainla, Bahada, Domkurdu and Bamboo. The wildlife found in this region are Tiger, Leopard, Gaur, Sambar, Spotted deer, four horned antelope, sloth bear, wild boar, langur, percupine, malabar giant squirrel, common civet etc. and Avifauna are peafowl, Bluejay, jungle crow, spur fowl, varieties of eagle, owls etc. Migratory birds such as great crested grebe, Brahminy duck, pintail, shoveller, godwal, tufted pochard and several ducks during winter. Karlapat sanctuary is located closed to Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi districts. The forest consists of floral species such as Bija, Asan, Harida, Karyada, Amla, Bahada, Karada, Sidha and Kumbhi. The major wildlife include Tiger, Leopard, Black panther, Elephant, Barking deer, Malabar giant squirrel, Wild pig, Sloth bear, Gaur, Sambar, Pangolm, Mouse deer, Indian Wolf, Common palm civet, Wild dog, Jangle cat, varieties of birds like Peafowl, Hornbill, Red jungle fowl, Spur fowl, partridges, Hill myna, Brahminy kite etc and reptilian fauna includes mugger crocodile, monitor lizards, snakes both poisonous and non-poisonous.Satkoshia sanctuary spreads over four districts i.e. Angul, Cuttack, Boudh, Nayagarh. So far 400 species of plants (126 trees, 98 shrubs, 125 herbs and 51 climbers) are found.Fauna species found in this region are highly endangered gharial, mugger, fresh water turtles along with other wildlife like Elephant, Tiger, Leopard, Sambar, Spotted deer, Barking deer, Chousingha, Mouse deer, Rhesus macaque, Langur, Porcupine, Hare, Civet cat, Ratel, Wild dog etc. 128 species of birds, 27 species of reptiles, 4 species of amphibians and 183 species of fish have been recorded in the region.Sunabeda sanctuary is located close to the boundary of Chhatisgarh state. The rich flora species are piasal, teak, bija, sisoo, ashan, harida, sidha, mai, char, kumbhi, genduli, salia bamboo.A varieties of endangered species in this region are Tiger, Leopard, Wild buffalo, Nilgai, Sambar, Gaur, Barking deer, Chital, Porcupine, Hyena, Wild bour, Langur, Rhesus monkey etc. birds like hill myna, peafowl, red jungle fowl, patridge, green pigeon, coots, dabchick, teals, snake bird, open billed stork, fishing eagle etc. are seen in this region.