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Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

Bird sanctuary in kerala, India

Summary

Bird sanctuary in kerala, India

Field	Value
name	Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary
തട്ടേക്കാട് പക്ഷി സങ്കേതം
alt_name	Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary,
Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary
iucn_category	IV
photo	Ocyceros griseus -India-8a.jpg
photo_caption	A Malabar grey hornbill at Thattekkad
map	India Kerala#India
relief	1
mapframe	Yes
location	Kothamangalam taluka, Ernakulam district, Kerala state, India
nearest_city	Kochi (Cochin)
coordinates
area	25.16 km2
established	1983
elevation_avg	279 m
elevation_min	35 m
elevation_max	523 m

തട്ടേക്കാട് പക്ഷി സങ്കേതം Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary

The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, covering an area of barely 25 km2, and located about 12 km from Kothamangalam (Kerala state, India), was the first bird sanctuary in Kerala. Salim Ali, one of the best known ornithologists, described this sanctuary as the richest bird habitat on peninsular India. Thattekkad literally means flat forest, and the region is a deciduous but generally moist low-land forest surrounding the Periyar River, the longest river in Kerala.

Species

The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary has a rich and varied birdlife. Several species of birds, both forest birds as well as water birds, visit the sanctuaries; notable ones include the following:

The Indian pitta, which visits the sanctuary during winter and spends almost six months here.

Orange-headed thrush
Large-billed leaf-warbler
Jerdon's nightjar
Indian cuckoo
Oriental darter
Cormorants
Whiskered terns
Collared scops owl
Ceylon frogmouth
Grey-fronted green pigeon
Yellow-browed bulbuls

The sanctuary is a habitat for different varieties of cuckoos and a region of the sanctuary popularly called "Cuckoo Paradise" is home to them, among which are the:

Drongo cuckoo, which may be easily mistaken for drongo,
Indian hawk cuckoo, which is highly vocal, and the
Large hawk cuckoo, which looks relatively massive compared to other types of cuckoos, and is characterized by a dark grey and heavily streaked throat.

The Idamalayar forest is located about 15 km from Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary. There is a large evergreen forest to the east and south-east of the Idamalayar Dam, extending from Malakkappara to as far as Rajamala. The mountain hawk eagles are found in this forest. Other birds in this forest include dark-fronted babbler, brown-cheeked fulvetta, brown-backed and white-rumped needletails, and Asian emerald doves.

Gallery

File:Ceylon Frogmouth Thattekad.jpg|Ceylon Frogmouth (Sri Lankan Frogmouth), surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary File:View of Periyar from Pappitta Bird Trial.jpg|View of Periyar from Pappitta Bird Trail File:A landscape at Thattekkad Bird Sanctury.jpg|A landscape at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary File:A landscape at Thattekkadu Bird Sanctury.jpg|A landscape at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary File:Thattekkad Reservoir.jpg|Thattekad Reservoir File:Thattekkad Bird Trial.jpg|Thattekad Bird Sanctuary Trail

Notes

References

"Bird sanctuaries: Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary". ENVIS Centre: Kerala, State of Environment and Related Issues, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment.
"Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary and the Dr. Salim Ali, Ernakulam".

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