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{{Short description|Bird sanctuary in kerala, India}} | |||
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The '''Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary''', covering an area of barely 25 km<sup>2</sup>, and located about 12 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 | The '''Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary''', covering an area of barely 25 km<sup>2</sup>, and located about 12 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 a deciduous but generally moist low-land forest surrounding the [[Periyar River]], the longest river in [[Kerala]]. | ||
==Species== | ==Species== | ||
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*[[Large hawk cuckoo]], which looks relatively massive compared to other types of cuckoos, and is characterized by a dark grey and heavily streaked throat. | *[[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 | 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-eagle|mountain hawk eagles]] are found in this forest. Other birds in this forest include [[Rhopocichla atriceps|dark-fronted babbler]], [[brown-cheeked fulvetta]], [[Brown-backed needletail|brown-backed]] and [[white-rumped needletail]]s, and [[common emerald dove|emerald green pigeons]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||