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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
| iucn_category = IV
| designated = June 2014
| photo =Magnificent sal forests Pilibhit TR AJT Johnsingh IMG 5939.JPG
| photo_caption = Forest in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
| map = India Uttar Pradesh#India
| relief = 1
| coordinates = {{coord|28.692|N|79.853|E|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 =
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| location = [[Pilibhit District]]
| area_footnotes =
| website = https://pilibhittigerreserve.in/
| governing_body = [[National Tiger Conservation Authority]]
}}

'''Pilibhit Tiger Reserve''' is located in [[Pilibhit district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and was notified as a [[tiger reserve]] in 2014.<ref name=Chanchani2015>{{cite journal |author=Chanchani, P. |year=2015 |title=Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: conservation opportunities and challenges |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=50 |issue=20 |page=19}}</ref>
It forms part of the [[Terai Arc Landscape]] in the upper [[Gangetic Plain]] along the [[India]]-[[Nepal]] border. The habitat is characterized by [[Shorea robusta|sal]] forests, tall grasslands and swamp maintained by periodic flooding from rivers. The Sharda Sagar Dam extending up to a length of {{convert|22|km|abbr=on}} is on the boundary of the reserve.<ref name="PT">{{cite web |url=http://projecttiger.nic.in/pilibhit.htm |title=Pilibhit Tiger Reserve |work=Reserve Guide - Project Tiger Reserves In India |publisher=National Tiger Conservation Authority |access-date=2012-02-29}}</ref>

Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2018, Pilibhit district has over {{convert|800|km2|abbr=on}} forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district’s total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least 65 [[tiger]] and a [[prey]] including five species of deer. The tiger reserve got the first International award TX2 for doubling the tiger population in a stipulated time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pilibhit Tiger Reserve Gets Global Award For Doubling Tiger Population|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pilibhit-tiger-reserve-gets-global-award-tx2-for-doubling-tiger-population-2330242|access-date=2020-11-29|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

==History==
The protected area used to be a [[timber]] yielding [[Reserve Forests of India|reserve forest]], until it was declared as the 46th tiger reserve in June 2014.<ref name=Chanchani2015/>

==Geography==
The northeastern boundary of the reserve is the [[River Sharda]], which defines the [[India|Indo]]-[[Nepal]] border, while the southwest boundary is marked by the [[River Sharda]] and the [[River Ghaghara]]. The reserve has a core zone area of {{convert|602.79|km2|abbr=on}} and buffer zone area of {{convert|127.45|km2|abbr=on}}.
Elevation ranges from {{convert|168|to|175|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://projecttiger.nic.in/content/109_1_ListofTigerReservesCoreBufferAreas.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525125021/http://projecttiger.nic.in/content/109_1_ListofTigerReservesCoreBufferAreas.aspx |archive-date=25 May 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Flora==
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The forest vegetation in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is of the North Indian moist deciduous type, with sal [[Shorea robusta]] forests. The Terai forests and grasslands constitute habitat for over 127 animals, 556 bird species and 2,100 flowering plants. The sal woodland is very dense with good natural regeneration, amounting to almost 76% of the reserve area. The forest patches are interspersed with grass meadows with several like Saccharum, Sclerostachya, ''Imperata'', Themeda, Bothriochloa, Vetiveria, Apluda, Dichanthium, Digitaria and Cyperus. The grasslands are subjected to seasonal flooding water.

==Fauna==
In spring 2010, the [[rusty-spotted cat]] was recorded by [[camera trap]]s for the time in the Indian Terai.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anwar |first1=M. |last2=Kumar |first2=H. |last3=Vattakavan |first3=J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=Range extension of rusty-spotted cat to the Indian Terai |journal=Cat News |issue=53 |pages=25–26}}</ref>
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The habitat has rich faunal diversity, having 5 out of 7 deer species found in the country. Besides, there are some critically endangered species such as the Bengal florican and 13 species of mammals, 9 species of birds and 11 species of reptiles/amphibians found in the reserve are endangered and listed in the Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The major faunal species are Bengal tiger, leopard, fishing cat, leopard cat, swamp deer, spotted deer, hog deer, barking deer, blackbuck, sambar, sloth bear, fox, short-nosed fruit bat, Indian common yellow bat, painted bat, rhesus macaque, common langur, porcupine, small Indian civet, jackal, Indian fox, hyena, rattle. As many as 450 birds have been observed which includes a large number of residents. The common resident birds include darter, lesser whistling duck, combed duck, grey partridge, black partridge swamp partridge, peafowl, red jungle fowl, cormorants, egrets, herons, three species of hornbill, six species of eagle, Saras crane and several others. Reptiles include lizards, several species of snakes, [[mugger crocodile]] and [[gharial]]. The river system harbor around 79 species of fishes.

==Ecotourism==
Though the main focus is the protection and in-situ of wildlife, the reserve management has also encouraged low impact [[ecotourism]]. Park management has developed a Chuka Ecotourism site on the bank of Sharda Sagar dam which is located inside the park.

The ''Dudhwa tigers'' are distributed in one major and three smaller populations. Major population is constituted by Dudhwa reserve which includes [[Dudhwa National Park]], Kishenpur and Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuaries, Pilibhit forests and north and south [[Kheri]] forests. Smaller tiger populations are present in [[Bijnor]] forests in west and Suhelwa and [[Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary|Sohagibarwa wildlife sanctuaries]] in east.

According to a study by [[Wildlife Institute of India]] (WII), the Dudhwa-Pilibhit tiger population has high conservation value since it is the only population having the ecological and behavioral adaptations of the tiger unique to the Terai region.<ref name="bigcatnews.blogspot.com">http://bigcatnews.blogspot.com/2008/05/up-to-get-new-tiger-reserve-in-pilibhit.html</ref>

==Corridors==

Pilibhit tiger reserve is an important habitat for tiger owing to its connection with several tiger habitats within the State and outside. The important linkages are:
# Surahi range- Terai East Division Uttarkhand
# Lagga-Bagga - Shuklaphanta National Park (Nepal)
# Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary – Dudhwa
The corridor linkages are used by the [[tiger]] and other wild animals and require monitoring and restoration by fostering a co-occurrence agenda with local people.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{sisterlinks|Pilibhit}}
* {{official website| http://www.tigerreservepilibhit.com}}

{{Tiger Reserves Of India}}
{{Protected areas in Uttar Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Tiger reserves in Uttar Pradesh]]
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[[Category:2014 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
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