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{{For|the other Salim Ali bird sanctuary|Thattekad Bird Sanctuary}}
{{Infobox protected area
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|map_caption = Map of [[Goa]], [[India]]
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|location = [[Chorão (Island)|Chorão]], [[Goa]], [[India]]
|nearest_city = [[Panaji]]
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|area = {{Convert|178|ha|acre|abbr=on}}
|established = 1988
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'''Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary''' is an estuarine mangrove habitat, which is declared as the [[bird sanctuary]], and located on western tip of the Island of [[Chorão (Island)|Chorão]] along the [[Mandovi River]], [[Goa]], in [[India]]. The sanctuary is named after [[Salim Ali (ornithologist)|Salim Ali]], the eminent Indian [[ornithologist]].

The sanctuary and island are accessed by a ferry service running between Ribander and Chorão. The sanctuary has a paved walk that runs between mangroves of ''[[Rhizophora mucronata]]'', ''[[Avicennia officinalis]]'' and other species.

==Description==
[[File:Salim_ali_sanctuary_walkway.jpg|thumbnail|right|Paved walkway inside the sanctuary]]
The size of the sanctuary is {{Convert|178|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. The area is covered by low [[mangrove]] forest.

==Flora and fauna==
[[File:India Goa Chapora River Colony of Birds.jpg|thumb|Salim Ali Bird sanctuary is one of the best-known bird sanctuaries in India.]]
Several species of birds have been recorded and the common species include the [[striated heron]] and [[western reef heron]]. Other species that have been recorded include the [[little bittern]], [[black bittern]], [[red knot]], [[jack snipe]] and [[pied avocet]] (on transient sandbanks).<ref>{{cite journal|author=Borges, S.D. & A.B.Shanbhag|title=Additions to the avifauna of Goa, India|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society|volume=104|issue=1|year=2007|pages=98–101}}</ref> The sanctuary is also host to [[mudskipper]]s, [[fiddler crab]]s and other [[mangrove]] habitat specialists. A species of crustacean ''Teleotanais indianis'' was described based on specimens obtained in the sanctuary.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Species Diversity|volume=18|year=2013|pages=237–243|title=Description of a new mangrove root dwelling species of ''Teleotanais'' (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from India, with a key to Teleotanaidae|author1=Larsen, Kim |author2=Gobardhan Sahoo |author3=Zakir Ali Ansari |name-list-style=amp |url=http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/2264/4435/1/Species_Diversity_18_237a.pdf}}</ref>

==Media==
<gallery>
File:Mangrove_crab_01.JPG|un-id'ed Crab
File:Mangrove_crab_02.JPG|Porcelain fiddler
File:Mangrove_mudskipper.JPG|Mudskipper
File:Mangrove_crab_04.JPG|un-id'ed Crab
File:Rhizophora_mucronata13.JPG|Rhizophora mucronata fruit
File:Rhizophora_mucronata11.JPG|Rhizophora mucronata leaves
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Salim Ali]]
* [[Bird sanctuaries of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary}}
* [http://goacentral.com/Goawildlifesanctuary/chorao.htm Goa Central]
* [http://www.goavacationguide.com/wildlife/salim-bird-sanctuary.html Goa vacation guide]
* [http://bharatdarshan.online GoaTourism]

{{Goa topics}}

[[Category:Chorão (Island)]]
[[Category:Bird sanctuaries of Goa]]
[[Category:Memorials to Salim Ali]]
[[Category:Geography of North Goa district]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Goa]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1988]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in North Goa district]]

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