Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary

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Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Oaks on a mountain slope in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
Location	Uttarakhand, India
Nearest city	Almora
Coordinates	29°42′23″N 79°45′22″E / 29.70639°N 79.75611°E / 29.70639; 79.75611
Area	45.59 km2
Established	1988
Governing body	Department of Forest Uttarakhand

Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary is an Indian wildlife sanctuary.^[1]

Binsar was the summer capital of the Chand Kings, who ruled over Kumaon from the 11th to the 18th centuries AD. The British also used it as a summer capital, and built several estates inside the forest. In 1988, Binsar was established as a sanctuary for the conservation and protection of the shrinking broad leaf oak (Quercus) forests of the Central Himalayan region. It has over 200 species of birds.