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Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

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Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is an estuarine mangrove habitat, which is declared as the bird sanctuary, and located on western tip of the Island of Chorão along the Mandovi River, Goa, in India. [1]

22 relations: Animal sanctuary, Avicennia officinalis, Black bittern, Chorão (island), Fiddler crab, Goa, India, Jack snipe, Little bittern, Mandovi River, Mangrove, Mudskipper, Ornithology, Panaji, Pied avocet, Red knot, Rhizophora mucronata, Sailana, Salim Ali, Striated heron, Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Western reef heron.

Animal sanctuary

An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.

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Avicennia officinalis

Avicennia officinalis is a species of mangrove also known as Indian mangrove.

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Black bittern

The black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia.

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Chorão (island)

Chorão, also known as Choddnnem or Chodan, is an island along the Mandovi River near Ilhas, Goa, India.

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Fiddler crab

A fiddler crab, sometimes known as a calling crab, may be any of approximately 100 species of semi-terrestrial marine crabs which make up the genus Uca.

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Goa

Goa is a state in India within the coastal region known as the Konkan, in Western India.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jack snipe

The jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader.

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Little bittern

The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae.

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Mandovi River

The Mahadayi/Mandovi River (Mandovi, pronounced), also known as Mahadayi or Mhadei river, is described as the lifeline of the Indian state of Goa.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Mudskipper

Mudskippers are amphibious fish, presently included in the subfamily Oxudercinae, within the family Gobiidae (gobies).

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Panaji

Panaji also known as Panjim, Pangim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi River estuary in the Ilhas de Goa sub-district (taluka). With a population of 114,759 in the metropolitan area, Panjim is Goa's largest Urban agglomeration, ahead of Margão and Vasco da Gama. Panjim has terraced hills, concrete buildings with balconies and red-tiled roofs, churches, and a riverside promenade. There are avenues lined with gulmohar, acacia and other trees. The Baroque Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church is located overlooking the main square known as Praça da Igreja. Panjim has been selected as one of hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the Smart Cities Mission. This city of stepped streets and a seven kilometre long promenade was built on a planned grid system after the Portuguese relocated the capital form Velha Goa in the 17th century. It was elevated from a town to a city on March 22, 1843 making it the oldest civic institution in Asia (175 years).

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Pied avocet

The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.

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Red knot

The red knot (Calidris canutus) (just knot in English-speaking Europe) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia.

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Rhizophora mucronata

Rhizophora mucronata (loop-root mangrove, red mangrove or Asiatic mangrove) is a species of mangrove found on coasts and river banks in East Africa and the Indo-Pacific region.

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Sailana

Sailana is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ratlam district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Salim Ali

Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896 – 20 June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist.

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Striated heron

The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall.

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Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

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.

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Western reef heron

The western reef heron (Egretta gularis) also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.

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Redirects here:

Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary (Chorao), Salim Ali Bird Sancutuary, Salim Ali Bird sanctuary.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Ali_Bird_Sanctuary

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