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PANTHER (PANTHERA PARDUS)
Family : Felidae
Population : 18000-20000
Habitat : Evergreen, dry and wet deciduous forests, scrub forest, rocky outcrops with grassy areas.
Most Active : At night
Size : Body length 1.85-2.15m, weight 39-67kg


The Indian Panther prey upon deer, cattle, dogs, lizard, rats and birds. The Panther is teerestrial and travels upto 80km in one night. In the Sitamata Jungle the Panther live in rock shelters and small caves next to water holes with grassy areas.

FEMALE BLUE BULL IN THE SITAMATA JUNGLE [BOSELAPLURS TRAGOCAMELUS]
Family : Bovidae
Population : Unknown
Habitat : Usually dry deciduous savanna, open scrub forest.
Most Active : Early morning and evening till 11pm
Size : 130-150cm at shoulders, weight 170-250kg
Diet : Seeds, shrubs, thorn bushes.
Usually Blue-Bull Antelope avoid thick Jungles and two herds of approx 13 females and two males live permanently inside the Sitamata Jungle core. This is of particular interest to wildlife lovers and naturalists as we have observed that rarely do these herds venture outside the forest and their diet consists mainly of shrubs and seeds from the non-cultivated lands inside the Sitamata Jungle core a habit not found with other Blue-Bull herds of Nothern India.

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FLIGHT OF A SITAMATA JUNGLE FLYING SQUIRREL*
The wildlife in the Sita mata jungle includes 44 giant "flying squirrels" found ony in the Sita mata jungle in nothern India. The population has increased by 2 with the birth of 2 new squirrels in 2006. This squirrel actually does not fly but glides up to 70 meters from tree to tree at night foraging for food and housing materials. This squirrel is nocturnal and comes out of their tree home at the exact moment of dusk. It waits patiently watching for any threats and then takes the first flight of the evening to a nearby tree to enjoy a “breakfast” of maduka indica leaves. This squirrel is one of the Indian jungles most glorious sights.

SITAMATA JUNGLE FLYING SQUIRREL EATING MADUKA INDICA LEAVES

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SITAMATA JUNGLE TREE FROG

INDIAN PANGOLIN IN SITAMATA JUNGLE*

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SITAMATA JUNGLE PYTHON

BROWNHEADED STORKBILLED KINGFISHER
[PELARGOPSIS CAPENSIS]

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SPOTTED OWLET [ATHENE BRAMA]

HOOPOE [UPUPA EPOPS]
An exotic looking, beige-pink bird with black and white barred wings and a tail, a long, downward curved bill and a huge crest, which it raises when there is the least cause for excitement. It is a ground feeder found throughout India in open and cultivated areas, also on patches of grass in big cities. Usually it is alone, running about and probing in loose soil, grass or the dust of a cart track for insects.

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GREEN PIGEON [TRERON PHOENICOPTERA]
A stocky, green-yellow pigeon found locally all over India with an almost exclusively arboreal way of life. It has olive-green upper parts with gray patches on the crown and upper back and a lilac shoulder patch which is absent in immature birds. The saxes are alike. They frequently dry or moist deciduous forest or patches of woodland as well as avenues and gardens, where they feed on figs and fruiting trees. 

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INDIAN ROLLER [CORACIAS BENGHALENSIS]
Size : Pigeon size
Field Characters : A striking blue bird, with biggish head, heavy black bill, rufous-brown breast, and pale abdomen and under tail.
Distribution : Practically the entire Indian Union, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar.
Food : Insects.

JUNGLE CAT [FELIS CHAUS]*
Family : Felidae
Population : Endangered
Habitat : Grassland, scrub, dry deciduous and evergreen forests.
Most Active : At night
Size : 60cm.
Diet : Rats, small birds, eggs.

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Immature Oriental Honey Buzzard 
[Pernis ptilorhynchus]

GREY-JUNGLE FOWL ([GALLUS SONNERATII], [Endangered]).
Size : Village hen
Field Characters : General effect of the cock streaked grey, with a metallic black sickle-shaped tail.
Distribution : Peninsular India south of a line roughly from Mount Abu generally to the mouth of the Godavari river.
Food : Grain, shoots and tubers, berries, termites and other insects.

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BARRED JUNGLE OWLET [GLAUCIDIUM RADIATUM]
Size : Myna size
Field Characters : A lightly built hawk, ashy blue-grey above, white below cross-barred with rusty brown.
Distribution : Up to about 1300m.
Food : Lizards, mice, squirrels, birds etc.

SHIKRA [ACCIPITER BADIUS]
Size : Pigeon size
Field Characters : A lightly built hawk, ashy blue-grey above, white below cross-barred with rusty brown.
Distribution : Up to about 1300m.
Food : Lizards, mice, squirrels, birds etc.

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ROSE RINGED PARAKEET [PSITTACULA KRAMERI]*
Size : Mina+
Field Characters : A smaller edition of the Alexandrine Parakeet, but lacking the maroon shoulder-patches.
Distribution : Plains and locally up to 2000m in the peninsular hills.
Food : Fruits, green chilies.

BAYA WEAVER BIRD [PLOCEUS PHILLIPPINUS]
Size : 15cm
Habitat : Grassland and scrub males are bright yellow during breeding season of July and August.
Food : Fruits, seeds.

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HANUMAN LANGOOR  [Semnopithecus entellus]
Diet : Fruits, leaves, plants
Size : 60-75cm, 16-21kg.
Family : Cercopithecidae.
Habitat : Scrub to thick Jungle.

OUR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER MR. RAJENDRA SINGH CHOUHAN VIDEOTAPING WILDLIFE IN THE SITAMATA JUNGLE

Other  animals at True Luxury Tours Sitamata Jungle safari

Species of birds that were spotted at True Luxury Tours Sitamata Jungle safari