A camera trap installed at Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve in Bhandara district has captured the image of a black panther, delighting wildlife lovers. This is the third such sighting in the central Indian landscape after similar partially black melanistic leopards were spotted at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve and Madhya Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Reserve.

“The camera traps at NNTR have captured a pair of leopards and the interesting thing is that one of the leopards is partially melanistic,” said a senior forest department official.