• Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary is a protected area in Tamil Nadu, South India, covering 21.47 km2 (8.29 sq mi) along the Palk Strait where...
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    the Great Vedaranyam Swamp and the Talaignayar Reserve Forest, and renamed the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, with a total area of 377 square...
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  • with the wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves. Established in 1936, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu was the first bird sanctuary and the Mudumalai...
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  • Tiruchirappalli division. The station is located near to Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary. The station serves the town of Kodiyarkarai, which is...
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    Udhagamandalam, Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Anamalai; Vedanthangal and Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary in Kodikkarai, Tamil Nadu. Painted...
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    East Deccan dry evergreen forests (category Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests)
    forest. The Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary protects a 17.26 km2 enclave of dry evergreen forest, as well as tidal wetlands and mangroves. Other...
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    Bhupender Yadav". The Statesman. Retrieved 2024-08-15. "Nagi and Nakti bird sanctuaries designated 'Ramsar Sites' taking country's recognised wetlands...
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    Chambal Sanctuary, Ranthambhore National Park in Karnataka: Ranibennur Blackbuck Sanctuary; in Tamil Nadu: Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Vallanadu...
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    ecoregion is under protection in Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary and the Bhitarkanika National Park even those...
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  • in 1940 and was the first modern wildlife sanctuary in South India. The protected areas are administered by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of...
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    Vedaranyam (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    the town are Ayurvedic Medicinal Forest, Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary located Point Calimere at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi), Historical...
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    Outline of Tamil Nadu (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    Bird Sanctuary Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary Karikili Bird Sanctuary Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary Melaselvanur - Kilaselvanur Bird Sanctuary Point Calimere Wildlife...
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    Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary Mudumalai National Park Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary Periyar National Park Rajiv Gandhi National...
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    Central Asian Flyway (category Bird migration flyways)
    Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Karaivetti Wildlife Sanctuary, Big Tank (Peria Kanmai) and Sakkarakotai Kanma, Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary...
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    Brahminy kite (category Kites (birds))
    ecology of wintering Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) near Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary. M.Sc. Thesis, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli. Hicks...
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  • conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational...
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    field biologist at Point Calimere and worked with S. A. Hussain and was a pioneering Indian bird ringer. In 1971, he set up a bird banding camp at Lambasingi...
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    Pycnonotidae) with special reference to Pycnonotus cafer (L) and Pycnonotus luteolus (Lesson) at Point Calimere, Tamil Nadu under the guidance of Salim Ali. He is...
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    Red-vented bulbul (category Birds of South Asia)
    (1991). "Bulbuls feeding on the pulp of Cassia fistula pod in Pt. Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 88 (3): 456. Siromoney...
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    Streak-throated swallow (category Birds of South Asia)
    the same site and rebuilt the nesting colony. Building nest in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India Nest colony, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka Perched...
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  • national park and Guindy, an urban national park within Chennai. Tamil Nadu has 18 wildlife sanctuaries. There are five declared elephant sanctuaries in Tamil...
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    Kodaikanal (category Cities and towns in Dindigul district)
    Thing". Sanctuary Asia. 6 June 2006. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023. "Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary". Government...
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    Ooty (category Cities and towns in Nilgiris district)
    Retrieved 24 April 2023. Gokula, V. & Vijayan, L. (1996). "Birds of Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, India" (PDF). Forktail. 12: 143–152. Archived (PDF) from...
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    Government of India in 1985–86 and one of the three in the state of Tamil Nadu, the other two being Point Calimere and Kazhuveli. It is also one of the...
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    Steppe eagle (category Birds of Central Asia)
    killing mobbing brahminy kite Haliastur indus (Boddaert) at Pt. Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 89(2), 247–248. Karyakin...
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    of mainland India; Indira Point, the southernmost point in India (on Great Nicobar Island); Rama's Bridge, and Point Calimere. The Arabian Sea lies to...
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    Broad-tailed grassbird (category Endemic birds of India)
    records from Pune, Lonavala and Nasik. A specimen was collected by S. A. Hussain at Point Calimere that suggests that the bird may be involved in local movements...
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