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| Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary തട്ടേക്കാട് പക്ഷി സങ്കേതം | |
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| Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary | |
 A Malabar grey hornbill at Thattekkad | |
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| Location | Kothamangalam taluka, Ernakulam district, Kerala state, India |
| Nearest city | Kochi (Cochin) |
| Coordinates | 10°08′N 76°41′E / 10.13°N 76.68°E |
| Area | 25.16sq.km. |
| Established | 1983 |
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 ornithologists, described this sanctuary as the richest bird habitat on peninsular India.[1][2] 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.
- ^ "Bird sanctuaries: Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary". ENVIS Centre: Kerala, State of Environment and Related Issues, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary and the Dr. Salim Ali, Ernakulam". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 1 July 2021.