Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is located in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh and was notified as a tiger reserve in 2014.
It forms part of the Terai Arc Landscape in the upper Gangetic Plain along the IndiaNepal border. The habitat is characterized by sal forests, tall grasslands and swamp maintained by periodic flooding from rivers. The Sharda Sagar Dam extending up to a length of 22 km (14 mi) is on the boundary of the reserve.

mammal species present in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve include leopard cat, barasingha, tiger, leopard, fishing cat, barking deer, blackbuck, chital, hog deer, sambar, sloth bear, Indian giant flying squirrel, porcupine, small Indian civet, Indian flying fox, greater shortnosed fruit bat, Indian common yellow bat, painted bat, rhesus macaque, langur, golden jackal, Bengal fox and striped hyena.

The 450 resident bird species include Sarus crane, three hornbill species and six of eagle species, grey partridge, black partridge, swamp francolin, darter, lesser whistling duck, combed duck, peafowl, herons, red junglefowl, cormorants, egrets.

Reptiles are represented by marsh crocodile, gharial, five lizard species and several snake species.

The river system in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve harbour about 79 fish species.

Pilibhit is one of the few wellforested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2018, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) 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


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