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There are fourteen wildlife sanctuaries with a total area of 1,891.07 km 2 (730.15 sq mi). Together the protected area totals 2,449.23 km 2 (945.65 sq mi), which cover 23.7% of the total forest area and 6.3% of the geographical area of Kerala State.
Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary is the northernmost wildlife sanctuary of Kerala, southwest India. It is 55 km 2 (21 sq mi) in area and located on the western slope of the Western Ghats . It was established in 1984 with its headquarters near Iritty .
The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, covering an area of barely 25 km 2, 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.
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary (also known as Vembanad Bird Sanctuary) is situated at Kumarakom in Kottayam taluk of Kottayam district in the Indian state of Kerala, on the banks of Vembanad Lake. [1] Set in the Kerala Backwaters , the bird sanctuary is visited by many migratory bird species.
Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary: Kerala 31 Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary: Kerala 32 Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary: Kerala 33 Pathiramanal: Kerala 34 Thattekad Bird Sanctuary: Kerala 35 Mayani Bird Sanctuary: Maharashtra 36 Karnala Bird Sanctuary: Maharashtra 37 Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary: Maharashtra 38 Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary: Mizoram 39 Chilika ...
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area located in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. It is a renowned elephant and tiger reserve . The protected area encompasses 925 km 2 (357 sq mi), of which 350.54 km 2 (135.34 sq mi) [ 1 ] of the main zone was declared as the Periyar National Park in ...
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary was formed in 1973 and was brought under the Project Elephant in 1991–92. This sanctuary occupies an area of 345 km 2. It is the second largest one in the state of Kerala. The sanctuary is separated into two disconnected parts known as the North Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and South Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary lies in kadalundi grama panchayat of Kozhikode district and vallikunnu Grama Panchayat of Malappuram district in Kerala, India. [1] It spreads over a cluster of islands where the Kadalundipuzha River flows into the Arabian Sea. The Sanctuary hill is around 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level.