Location:
40 Kms From Mannarkkad, Kerala
Main Attraction: Butterflies
Declared A National Park In: 1980
Best Time To Visit: September to
March
Silent
Valley National Park located 40 kms from Mannarkkad in the
Palakkad district, echoes with the sounds of teeming wildlife.
The denizens of this sprawling habitat of endangered virgin
tropical forests include Rare Birds, Deer and Tiger.
Perhaps, nowhere else can one also find such a representative
collection of peninsular mammals as in this park, which was
declared a national park in 1980.
The Wild Population - Silent Valley
National Park
The park has a huge variety of wildlife, with over a 100 species
of Butterflies and 400 species of Moths and other animals like
the Ceylon Frog Moth, Great Indian Hornbill, the Nilgiri
Laughing Thrush and the Lion-Tailed Macaque.
The Silent Valley National Park has around 26 species of mammals
and 120 species of avifauna, many of them considered endangered.
Apart from these, there are 11 species of snakes, 19 species of
amphibians, and nine species of Lizards in the park.
The
Silent Valley has over 110 plant species of medicinal value, and
seven new plant species have been discovered here.
