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wild life (protected areas)

Sl	Protected Areas	Area (Km2)	District
1	Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR)	777	Idukki
2	Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary	128	Thiruvananthapuram
3	Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary	125	Thrissur
4	Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary	285	Palakkad
5	Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary	344.44	Wayanad
6	Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary	70	Idukki
7	Eravikulam National Park	97	Idukki
8	Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary	53	Thiruvananthapuram
9	Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary	25	Ernakulam
10	Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary	171	Kollam
11	Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary	90.44	Idukki
12	Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary	85	Thrissur
13	SilentValley National Park	89.52	Palakkad
14	Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary	55	Kannur
15	Pampadum Shola National Park	1.318	Idukki
16	Mathikettan Shola National Park	12.817	Idukki
17	Anamudi Shola National Park	7.5	Idukki
18	Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary	0.027	Ernakulam
19	Kurinjimala Sanctuary	32	Idukki
20	Choolannur Pea Fowl Sanctuary	3.42	Palakkad
21	Kadalundi-Vallikunnu Community Reserve	1.5	Kozhikkode & Malappuram
22	Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary	74.215	Kozhikkode

 

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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 ornithologist described this sanctuary as the richest bird habitat on peninsular India.Thattekkad literally means flat forest, and the region is an evergreen low-land forest located between the branches of Periyar River, the longest river in Kerala.

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

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·         Orange-headed_Thrush

·         Large-billed Leaf-warbler

·         Jerdon's Nightjar

·         Indian Cuckoo

·         Oriental Darter

·         Cormorants

·         Whiskered Terns

·         Collared Scops Owl

·         Ceylon Frogmouth

·         Pompadour 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 Edamalayar forest is located about 15 km from Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary. This is also an evergreen forest located above the Edamalayar River. 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 Emerald Green Pigeons.

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    KIRAN.P.K     ROLL NO :112