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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.
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. Wildlife sanctuaries in Kerala include: [2] [3] Neyyar WLS in Thiruvananthapuram District, 128 km 2 (49 sq mi)in 1958. Peechi-Vazhani WLS in Thrissur District, 125 km 2 (48 sq mi), in 1958; Wayanad WLS in Wayanad District, 344.44 km 2 (132.99 sq mi) in 1973. Idukki WLS in Idukki District, 70 km 2 (27 sq mi)n 1976.
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.
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 .
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary is located 18 km north of Marayoor on State Highway 17 in the Marayoor and Kanthalloor panchayats of Devikulam taluk in the Idukki district of India's Kerala state. It is one of 18 wildlife sanctuaries among the protected areas of Kerala. [1] It has earned the name for being the only rehabilitation centre for the ...
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.
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 ...
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Western Ghats, India, located in Kollam district [2] of Kerala and comes under the control of the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve. It was established on 25 August 1984 and comprises 172.403 square kilometres (66.565 sq mi).