{"id":328378,"date":"2025-03-01T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T10:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=328378"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T04:20:09","slug":"idukki-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/idukki-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A three-day faunal survey in Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary recorded 14 new birds, 15 butterflies, and 8 odonates, along with 202 moths, 52 ants, 10 mantids, and six cicadas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-328812 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Idukki-Wildlife-Sanctuary.png?resize=674%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary\" width=\"674\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Idukki-Wildlife-Sanctuary.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Idukki-Wildlife-Sanctuary.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Idukki-Wildlife-Sanctuary.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Idukki-Wildlife-Sanctuary.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <\/span><b>Idukki district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kerala.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>terrain is rugged and undulating<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with <\/span><b>altitudes ranging between 450 meters to 750 meters above sea level<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is characterized by <\/span><b>steep hills, deep valleys, plateaus, and riverine forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Climate:<\/strong> Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary experiences a <\/span><b>tropical monsoon climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with heavy rainfall and pleasant temperatures throughout the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>River flowing through it:<\/strong> Two major rivers <\/span><b>flow through and sustain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the sanctuary\u2019s rich biodiversity: <\/span><b>Periyar River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Cheruthoni River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These rivers contribute to the <\/span><b>Idukki Dam Reservoir.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Vegetation:<\/strong> The sanctuary is a treasure trove of <\/span><b>tropical evergreen, semi-evergreen, and moist deciduous forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Flora: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary boasts an impressive range of plant species, including: <\/span><b>Timber Trees:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Teak, rosewood, and sandalwood, <\/span><b>medicinal Plants:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wild pepper, neem, and eucalyptus and <\/span><b>flowering Plants:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Orchids and jacaranda add to the sanctuary\u2019s beauty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fauna : <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary hosts a diverse array of wildlife, including mammals like elephants, Indian bison (gaur), sambar deer, wild boars, wild dogs (dhole), jungle cats, and tigers. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also home to various reptiles, such as snakes, monitor lizards, and turtles. Among the bird species found here are the Grey Jungle Fowl, Malabar Grey Hornbill, woodpeckers, bulbuls, kingfishers, and eagles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A three-day faunal survey in Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary recorded 14 new birds, 15 butterflies, and 8 odonates, along with 202 moths, 52 ants, 10 mantids, and six cicadas.\u00a0 About Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary It is located in the Idukki district, Kerala.\u00a0 The terrain is rugged and undulating, with altitudes ranging between 450 meters to 750&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/idukki-wildlife-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":328812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-328378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Idukki-Wildlife-Sanctuary.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}