Resurgent Thattekad

The ornithologist Salim Ali’s unscheduled stopover at Thattekad in 1933 made it the focal point of a bird survey and 50 years later he helped establish in this unique ecosystem with 14 different habitats Kerala’s first bird sanctuary.

 

The Periyar river, picture taken in May.

Salim Ali crossing the Periyar in 1933, with his car mounted on two boats.

Sri Lankan frogmouth.

Malabar grey hornbill.

R. Sugathan, a scientist at the bird monitoring cell, Thattekad Bird Sanctuary.

Red-whiskered bulbul.

Little cormorant.

Blue-faced malkoha.

Malabar grey hornbill.

Magpie Robin

White-cheeked barbet.

Malabar trogon.

Greater racket-tailed drongo.

Orange-headed thrush.

Yellow-browed bulbul.

A pair of Sri Lankan frogmouth.

The flimsy nest of the Sri Lankan frogmouth with the remains of an egg. The bird has only one breeding season in a year, during which it lays only one egg.

Brahminy kite.

Malabar parakeet.

White-bellied blue flycatcher.

Flame-throated bulbul.

Golden-fronted leafbird.

Red spurfowl.

Red spur fowl (male).

Jungle fowl.

Brown wood owl.

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Oriental darter.