Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary | |
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Burmese: ပြင်ဦးလွင် ငှက်ဘေးမဲ့တော | |
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Mandalay Region, Pyinoolwin Township, Myanmar |
Nearest city | Pyin-O-Lwin |
Coordinates | 22°00′00″N 96°30′00″E / 22.00000°N 96.50000°E |
Area | 127.25 km2 (49.13 sq mi) [1] |
Established | 1918 |
Governing body | Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation |
Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Pyinoolwin Township in Mandalay Region covering an area of 127.25 km2 (49.13 sq mi). [1] It was gazetted in 1918 and spans an elevation of 975–1,210 m (3,199–3,970 ft). [2] It is one of four protected wetlands.
This sanctuary is near the town of Pyin-O-Lwin. The road linking Anesakhan ( Burmese: အနီးစခန်း) and Lashio ( Burmese: ပွင့်ဖြူ) towns passes through the sanctuary. It receives south-west monsoon rains of about 1,000 mm (39 in) every year from June to August. [3]
Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary harbours evergreen hill forest. Wildlife present include green peafowl (Pavo muticus), grey peacock pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) and barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak). [2]
Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary was gazetted in 1918. [2] It was established in 1927. As of 2017, it is managed by the Forest Department. [4]
Pyin-O-Lwin town is a favourite destination for the tourist since, it is located on the main road and railway line from Mandalay to Lashio. Many tourist attractions like National Kandawgyi Gardens ( Burmese: အမျိုးသားကန်တော်ကြီးဥယျာဉ်), flower garden have resulted in need to develop Pyin-O-Lwin Bird sanctuary. Regular educated forest staff is in need to direct the local and foreign tourist visiting the sanctuary.
Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary | |
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Burmese: ပြင်ဦးလွင် ငှက်ဘေးမဲ့တော | |
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Mandalay Region, Pyinoolwin Township, Myanmar |
Nearest city | Pyin-O-Lwin |
Coordinates | 22°00′00″N 96°30′00″E / 22.00000°N 96.50000°E |
Area | 127.25 km2 (49.13 sq mi) [1] |
Established | 1918 |
Governing body | Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation |
Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Pyinoolwin Township in Mandalay Region covering an area of 127.25 km2 (49.13 sq mi). [1] It was gazetted in 1918 and spans an elevation of 975–1,210 m (3,199–3,970 ft). [2] It is one of four protected wetlands.
This sanctuary is near the town of Pyin-O-Lwin. The road linking Anesakhan ( Burmese: အနီးစခန်း) and Lashio ( Burmese: ပွင့်ဖြူ) towns passes through the sanctuary. It receives south-west monsoon rains of about 1,000 mm (39 in) every year from June to August. [3]
Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary harbours evergreen hill forest. Wildlife present include green peafowl (Pavo muticus), grey peacock pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) and barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak). [2]
Pyin-O-Lwin Bird Sanctuary was gazetted in 1918. [2] It was established in 1927. As of 2017, it is managed by the Forest Department. [4]
Pyin-O-Lwin town is a favourite destination for the tourist since, it is located on the main road and railway line from Mandalay to Lashio. Many tourist attractions like National Kandawgyi Gardens ( Burmese: အမျိုးသားကန်တော်ကြီးဥယျာဉ်), flower garden have resulted in need to develop Pyin-O-Lwin Bird sanctuary. Regular educated forest staff is in need to direct the local and foreign tourist visiting the sanctuary.