The Central Indian Forests have been defined by

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s075 Central Indian forests (secondary area)
BirdLife International, Retrieved 22 August 2015 as an

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as it includes the range of the critically endangered forest owlet. It includes the southern region of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

, the

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region of

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and

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

. This forest consists of dry deciduous trees. Many wildlife sanctuaries and national parks are within these forests. For example:

Kanha National Park Kanha Tiger Reserve, also known as Kanha–Kisli National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The present-day Kanha area is divided into two protected areas, Hallon and Banja ...

, Pench National Park and

Melghat Melghat was among the first nine tiger reserves of India to be notified in 1973 under Project Tiger. It is located at in the northern part of Amravati District of Maharashtra. Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as in 1985. The Tapti Riv ...

wildlife sanctuary. The forest owlet was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in Melghat.

References

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