View of Sheikh Budeen from Picnic Hill (1864) by Henry Brabazon Urmston

Sheikh Badin National Park (also spelled Sheikh Badddin National Park) is located near Darra Pezu in the Dera Ismail Khan and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1] It is located among the Sheikh Badin Hills, which is an eastern extension of the Sulaiman Mountains. The park was established in 2003 and covers an area of 15,540 hectares.[2] Here live two tribes one of which are mughals who came here after war of independence against Britain in 1857 and the others are syed who claim to be descendants of shiekh Abdul qadir jelaani.

During the research of the bird population in the park, 41 species were found, about 3408 individuals. Of these, 18 species were migratory birds.[3]

During research 23 herpetofauna species, including 02 amphibian and 21 reptile, were observed[4]

Scientific research work published on the basis of research and identification of flora in the park, revealed 107 plant species.[5]

Wildlife

Avifauna

Name of animal Scientific name Status Type
ShikraAccipiter badiusLeast-concernedMigratory
Common buzzardButeo buteoLeast-concernedMigratory
Alpine swiftTachymarptis melbaLeast-concernedMigratory
Eurasian hoopoeUpupa epopsLeast-concernedMigratory
Red-wattled lapwingVanellus indicusLeast-concernedResident
Eurasian collared doveStreptopelia decaoctoLeast-concernedResident
Red collared doveStreptopelia tranquebaricaLeast-concernedResident
Spotted doveSpilopelia chinensisLeast-concernedResident
Rock pigeonColumba liviaLeast-concernedResident
Indian rollerCoracias benghalensisLeast-concernedMigratory
Blue-cheeked bee-eaterMerops persicusLeast-concernedResident
Asian green bee-eaterMerops orientalisLeast-concerned–
Asian koelEudynamys scolopaceusLeast-concernedResident
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinusLeast-concernedMigratory
Greater coucalCentropus sinensisLeast-concernedResident
Common kestrelFalco tinnunculusLeast-concernedMigratory
Black francolinFrancolinus francolinusLeast-concernedResident
Chukar partridgeAlectoris chukarLeast-concernedResident
Common quailCoturnix coturnixLeast-concernedMigratory
Grey francolinOrtygornis pondicerianusLeast-concernedResident
See-see partridgeAmmoperdix griseogularisLeast-concernedResident
Bay-backed shrikeLanius vittatusLeast-concernedMigratory
Red-backed shrikeLanius collurioLeast-concernedMigratory
Common mynaAcridotheres tristisLeast-concernedResident
European stonechatSaxicola rubicolaLeast-concernedResident
Indian robinCopsychus fulicatusLeast-concernedMigratory
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellinaLeast-concernedMigratory
Grey bush chatSaxicola ferreusLeast-concernedResident
Baya weaverPloceus philippinusLeast-concernedResident
Black-breasted weaverPloceus benghalensisLeast-concernedResident
Black drongoDicrurus macrocercusLeast-concernedResident
House sparrowPasser domesticusLeast-concernedResident
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensisLeast-concernedMigratory
Eurasian golden orioleOriolus oriolusLeast-concernedResident
House crowCorvus splendensLeast-concernedResident
Purple sunbirdCinnyris asiaticusLeast-concernedMigratory
Red-vented bulbulPycnonotus caferLeast-concernedResident
Rock martinPtyonoprogne fuligulaLeast-concernedMigratory
Rufous-fronted priniaPrinia buchananiLeast-concernedMigratory
Western Orphean warblerSylvia hortensisLeast-concernedMigratory
Rufous-tailed scrub robinCercotrichas galactotesLeast-concernedResident

Amphibians and reptiles

Name of animal Scientific name
Indus valley toadDuttaphrynus stomaticus
Skittering frogEuphlyctis cyanophlyctis
Oriental garden lizardCalotes versicolor
Agror agamaLaudakia agrorensis
Large-scaled agamaLaudakia nupta
Afghan ground agamaTrapelus megalonyx
Common leopard geckoEublepharis macularius
Reticulate plump-bodied geckoCyrtodactylus battalensis
Yellow-belly geckoHemidactylus flaviviridis
Persian Leaf-toed GeckoHemidactylus persicus
Indian fringe-fingered lizardAcanthodactylus cantoris
Ribbon-sided skinkEurylepis taeniolata
Indian spiny-tailed lizardSaara hardwickii
Bengal monitorVaranus bengalensis
Yellow monitorVaranus flavescens
Russell's boaEryx conicus
Banded kukri snakeOligodon arnensis
Streaked kukri snakeOligodon taeniolatus
Indian rat snakePtyas mucosus
Diadem snakeSpalerosophis diadema
Common KraitBungarus caeruleus
Russell's viperDaboia russelii
Saw-scaled viperEchis carinatus

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan Key Qomi Parks". www.radio.gov.pk.
  2. ↑ "Sheikh Badin National Park".
  3. ↑ "Diversity, Abundance, Status and Endangered Habitats of Avifauna in Sheikh Badin National Park, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan".
  4. ↑ Hamid, Hannan Nasib; Rais, Muhammad; Arif, Muhammad; Noor, Rubina (2021). "Amphibians and Reptiles of Sheikh Baddin National Park, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Diversity, Threats and Conservation Prospects". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 53 (2). doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20190826180828. ISSN 0030-9923.
  5. ↑ Ullah, Atta (2015). "Diversity of Life Form And Leaf Size Classes at Sheikh Buddin National Park, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". South Asian Journal of Life Sciences. 1 (1): 6–13. doi:10.14737/journal.sajls/2015/3.1.6.13. ISSN 2311-0589.


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