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-The '''Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary''', covering an area of barely 25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and located about 12&nbsp;km from [[Kothamangalam, Kerala|Kothamangalam]] ([[Kerala]] state, [[India]]), was the first bird sanctuary in Kerala. [[Salim Ali]], one of the best known [[Ornithology|ornithologists]], described this sanctuary as ''the richest bird habitat on peninsular India.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bird sanctuaries: Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary|publisher=ENVIS Centre: Kerala, State of Environment and Related Issues, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment|url=http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/Database/Birdsanctuaries_1092.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101182034/http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/Database/Birdsanctuaries_1092.aspx|archive-date=1 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary and the Dr. Salim Ali, Ernakulam|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/thattekkad-bird-sanctuary/127|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Kerala Tourism|language=en}}</ref>Thattekkad literally means flat forest, and the region is an evergreen low-land forest located between the branches of the [[Periyar River]], the longest river in [[Kerala]].
+The '''Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary''', covering an area of barely 25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and located about 12&nbsp;km from [[Kothamangalam, Kerala|Kothamangalam]] ([[Kerala]] state, [[India]]), was the first bird sanctuary in Kerala. [[Salim Ali]], one of the best known [[Ornithology|ornithologists]], described this sanctuary as ''the richest bird habitat on peninsular India.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bird sanctuaries: Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary|publisher=ENVIS Centre: Kerala, State of Environment and Related Issues, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment|url=http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/Database/Birdsanctuaries_1092.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101182034/http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/Database/Birdsanctuaries_1092.aspx|archive-date=1 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary and the Dr. Salim Ali, Ernakulam|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/thattekkad-bird-sanctuary/127|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Kerala Tourism|language=en}}</ref> Thattekkad literally means flat forest, and the region is an evergreen low-land forest located between the branches of the [[Periyar River]], the longest river in [[Kerala]].
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