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Some local fisherfolk and agriculturists were not happy that a project was being developed to create a bird sanctuary at the
Suchindram wetlands. They were concerned that sanctuary authorities would restrain fishing activities and more birds would destroy their crops. However, a large number of local
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896:"Conservation and Restoration of Biodiversity of the Tropical Freshwater Wetlands of Kanyakumari Plains in Peninsular India"
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Bird watchtower in
Suchindram Theroor Vembannur Wetland Complex
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842:BirdLife Species Factsheet (additional data)
509:Suchindram is noted for the wide variety of
286:comprising the Suchindram Kulam wetlands at
280:Suchindram Theroor Vembannur Wetland Complex
45:Suchindram Theroor Vembannur Wetland Complex
21:Suchindram Theroor Vembannur Wetland Complex
454:habitat at the extreme southern end of the
1448:Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
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750:"11 more wildlife, bird sanctuaries"
696:"Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex"
1483:Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary
1478:Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex
873:Conservation Impact Grants Program
240:Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex
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802:"Sanctuary in the lowland plains"
164:0 – 19 m (62.3 ft)
1387:Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve
902:. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
428:, Suchindram Theroor Vembannur,
364:, India. It is located between
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448:Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary
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123:3 km (0 sq mi)
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1463:Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary
1453:Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary
1163:Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
1075:Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
784:Suchindram Therur, Vembanoor
642:Tamil Nadu Forest Department
458:, is also in this district.
1554:Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary
1493:Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
665:"Vembannur Wetland Complex"
547:. Resident raptors include
412:. It is referred to as the
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1392:Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
1372:Beas Conservation Reserve
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620:of a consortium of the
559:. Other water birds are
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1458:Karikili Bird Sanctuary
1070:Sultanpur National Park
374:National Highway No. 47
156:9 m (29.5 ft)
1498:Vellode Bird Sanctuary
1488:Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary
1415:Keoladeo National Park
1334:Bhitarkanika Mangroves
781:BirdLife International
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1616:East Kolkata Wetlands
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527:. Also seen here are
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1559:Saman Bird Sanctuary
1191:Vembanad-Kol Wetland
605:little ringed plover
525:spot-billed pelicans
402:Kanyakumari District
378:Central Asian Flyway
358:Kanyakumari District
340:8.17917°N 77.46250°E
305:8.12500°N 77.45833°E
90:8.17917°N 77.46250°E
1473:Pichavaram Mangrove
1265:Nandur Madhameshwar
875:. Worldwildlife.org
867:Grubh, Dr. Robert.
730:on 25 November 2003
622:World Wildlife Fund
382:Important bird area
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848:on 1 December 2008
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632:and funded by the
626:Nature Conservancy
597:black-winged stilt
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1584:Upper Ganga River
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1539:Bakhira Sanctuary
1344:Hirakud Reservoir
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1181:Ashtamudi Wetland
1131:Shallbugh Wetland
1113:Jammu and Kashmir
814:on 21 August 2003
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386:criteria: A1, A4i
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470:Lotus flower
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430:Chungankadai
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392:since 2022.
390:Ramsar sites
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248:8 April 2022
211:8 April 2022
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1608:West Bengal
1594:Uttarakhand
1579:Sur Sarovar
1293:Loktak Lake
1275:Thane Creek
1257:Maharashtra
1242:Sirpur Lake
1103:Renuka Lake
1001:Kanwar Lake
983:Deepor Beel
593:little tern
479:water lilly
438:Thazhaikudi
370:Kanyakumari
343: /
308: /
173:Settlements
145:Max. length
93: /
68:Coordinates
1636:Categories
1430:Tamil Nadu
1270:Lonar Lake
1145:Wular Lake
1042:Nalsarovar
1019:Nanda Lake
879:2 November
852:12 January
834:"Garganey
734:2 November
708:13 October
677:13 October
648:References
628:, and the
601:greenshank
565:grey heron
514:waterbirds
475:Suchindram
362:Tamil Nadu
354:Suchindram
331:77°27′45″E
317:, and the
296:77°27′30″E
245:Designated
208:Designated
181:Tamil Nadu
153:Max. depth
81:77°27′45″E
61:Tamil Nadu
1407:Rajasthan
1209:Tsomoriri
1155:Karnataka
1047:Thol Lake
1037:Khijadiya
906:8 January
818:8 January
807:The Hindu
766:8 January
755:The Hindu
511:migratory
366:Nagercoil
328:8°10′45″N
177:Nagercoil
107:Lake type
78:8°10′45″N
1136:Surinsar
607:and the
569:garganey
561:dabchick
426:Thathiar
418:Parakkai
356:town in
293:8°7′30″N
112:Brackish
57:Location
1513:Tripura
1303:Mizoram
1285:Manipur
1214:Tso Kar
1062:Haryana
1029:Gujarat
537:darters
434:Putheri
372:on the
319:Theroor
1364:Punjab
1321:Odisha
1201:Ladakh
1173:Kerala
701:Ramsar
670:Ramsar
624:, The
543:, and
491:pistia
993:Bihar
975:Assam
523:and
497:Fauna
483:lotus
462:Flora
452:tiger
410:ponds
406:kulam
282:is a
135:India
129:Basin
908:2009
881:2010
854:2009
820:2009
768:2009
736:2010
710:2022
679:2022
591:and
555:and
450:, a
440:and
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278:The
256:2492
219:2474
1011:Goa
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