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The Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary lies in Vallikunnu Grama Panchayat of Malappuram district in
Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. It spreads over a cluster of islands where the Kadalundipuzha River flows into the
Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
. The Sanctuary hill is around 200 m above sea level. It is located 19 km away from the
Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...
city centre.


Fauna

Over a hundred species of native birds have been recorded in the sanctuary, including about 60 species of
migratory birds Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds. Many species of bird migrate. Migration carries high costs in predation and mortality, including from hunting by ...
which visit seasonally; these include
tern Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated as a subgroup of the family Laridae which includes gulls and skimmers and consists of e ...
s,
gull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century ...
s, herons,
sandpiper Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil ...
s and
cormorants Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the IOC adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven gen ...
. Notable species are whimbrels and
brahminy kite The brahminy kite (''Haliastur indus''), formerly known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harrie ...
s. The sanctuary is well known for a wide variety of
fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
, mussels and crabs. Some species of snakes, cobras, vipers and kraits also live here.


See also

* Vallikkunnu * Malappuram district * Eranad *
Parappanangadi Parappanangadi, , is a major town and a municipality in Tirurangadi taluk of Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is a coastal town located close to the Arabian sea. Parappanangadi railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in Ker ...
* Chaliyar river *
Kadalundi river Kadalundi River (Kadalundipuzha) is one of the four major rivers flowing through Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. The other three are the Chaliyar, the Bharathappuzha and the Tirur River. This rain-fed river is long and i ...


Image gallery

File:Kadalundi Bridge - A border of Malappuram and Kozhikode.jpg, Kadaludi River File:Kadalundi river, Malappuram.jpg, Kadalundi River File:Kadalundi Kadavu.jpg, On the Bridge File:Butterfly In Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary.jpg, Butterfly File:Bird In Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary.jpg, Visiting VIP File:Kadaloondi puzha.jpg, The river File:Kadalundimasjid.jpg, Kadalundy Mosque File:Kite (2242569422).jpg, Kite in Kadalundi File:P1100584.JPG, The border between Malappuram and Kozhikode districts


References


External links


From Kerala Tourism Department site

Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary


Bird sanctuaries of Kerala Tourist attractions in Malappuram district Geography of Malappuram district Protected areas with year of establishment missing {{Malappuram-geo-stub