About · Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
Small in scale.
Vast in ecological meaning.
Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary—also searched as Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary—lies in Assam’s Himalayan foothill and border landscape.
At a glance
Where Assam meets
the Bhutan hills
Bornadi lies in Udalguri district on the Himalayan foothills along the Bhutan border, and takes its name from the Bornadi River.
- Location
- Udalguri district, Assam
- Northern boundary
- Bhutan foothills of the Himalaya
- Protected for
- Hispid hare and pygmy hog, since 1980
- Nearest airport
- LGBI Guwahati, approx. 150 km
Field guide
Wildlife of
the sanctuary
Species recorded in official Assam Forest Department information for Bornadi. Wildlife is free-ranging and sightings are never guaranteed.
Foothill forest canopy
Great hornbill
Foothill forest
Golden langur
River boulders
White-capped redstart
Grassland specialist
Pygmy Hog
Porcula salvania
Grassland mammal
Hispid Hare
Caprolagus hispidus
Grassland bird
Bengal Florican
Houbaropsis bengalensis
Birds listed
- Peafowl
- Hornbill
- Swamp francolin (swamp partridge)
- Bengal florican
Mammals listed
- Elephant
- Gaur
- Tiger
- Leopard
- Small Indian civet
- Jungle cat
- Chinese pangolin
- Porcupine
- Himalayan black bear
- Barking deer
- Pygmy hog
- Wild pig
- Hispid hare
“River, grass and forest in close conversation.”
Notified on 22 August 1980 and covering 26.22 sq km in Udalguri district, Bornadi was constituted especially for the conservation of the pygmy hog and hispid hare. Its river, grassland and forest habitats also support elephant, gaur, hornbill and the Bengal florican.
26.22 sq km
Protected area
1980
Notified 22 August
Himalayan foothills
Assam–Bhutan border landscape
Bornadi River
A living waterway
Conservation significance
Protect the habitat.
The whole landscape benefits.
Grassland
River
Forest