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Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary

It is a wildlife sanctuary and an elephant reserve in Andhra Pradesh.
It is the only sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh with a population of Asian elephants, which migrated after 200 years from neighbouring regions.
The sanctuary has dry deciduous forests with thorny scrubs interspersed with trees.
The vulnearble yellow-throated bulbul is present in the sanctuary. Apart from Indian elephant, some of the animals found in the sanctuary are: sloth bear, panther, cheetal, chowsingha, sambar, porcupine etc.
Some of the important flora consists of Albizia amara, Acacia, Lagerstroemia, Ficus, bamboo, and a species which is a regeneration of Santalum album.
These forests have small ponds, tanks and the Kaindinya and Kaigal tributaries of Palar River.
The sanctuary is primarily an elephant reserve and is home to about 78 Indian elephants. The vulnearble yellow-throated bulbul is present in the sanctuary.
Apart from Indian elephant], some of the animals found in the sanctuary are: sloth bear, panther, cheetal, chowsingha, sambar, porcupine, wild boar, jungle cat, jackal, jungle fowl, starred tortoise and slender loris.

By: Shubham Tiwari

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