Karikili Bird Sanctuary - Misplaced Pages

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Karikili Bird Sanctuary" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Karikili Bird Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location in Map of Tamil Nadu
Location	Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	12°32′44″N 79°51′21″E / 12.54556°N 79.85583°E / 12.54556; 79.85583
Area	58.4 ha (144 acres)
Established	1988
Governing body	Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Karikili Bird Sanctuary
Designated	8 April 2022
Reference no.	2480

Karikili Bird Sanctuary is a 61.21-hectare (151.3-acre) protected area located in the Chengalpattu District of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The sanctuary is about 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Chennai, south of Chengalpattu. About 100 species were recorded from this sanctuary

Karikili is situated about 10 km from Vedanthangal, and there are two tanks combined established as the bird sanctuary in 1988. This region is surrounded by open areas, paddy fields and scrub forest. Several migratory birds such as Northern Pintail, Garganey, Common Sandpiper were recorded from Karikili.

Karikili Bird Sanctuary along with Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary has been identified as one of the Important Bird Areas of Tamil Nadu (IBA Site Code-29, A1, IBA criteria – A4iii). Several waterbirds use Vedanthangal as a nesting site and Karikili as a foraging site. The sanctuary has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2022.

References

^ "Karikili Bird Sanctuary". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
"TNFOREST :: Tamil Nadu Forest Department". Forests.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
https://ebird.org/ebird/india/hotspot/L2591448
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

v t e Protected areas of Tamil Nadu
Biosphere reserves	Agasthyamalai Gulf of Mannar Nilgiris
National parks	Anamalai Grass Hills Guindy Gulf of Mannar Karian Shola Mudumalai Mukurthi
Wildlife sanctuaries	Anamalai Cauvery North Cauvery South Gangaikondan Grizzled Squirrel Kadavur Kalakkad Kanyakumari Megamalai Mudumalai Kodaikanal Mundanthurai Point Calimere Sathyamangalam Periyar Nellai Vallanadu
Bird sanctuaries	Chitrangudi Kallaperambur Kanjirankulam Karaivetti Karikili Kazhuveli Koothankulam Melaselvanur-Kilaselvanur Nanjarayan Point Calimere Pulicat Lake Suchindram Theroor Udayamarthandapuram Vaduvoor Vedanthangal Vellode Vettangudi Viralimalai
Tiger reserves	Anamalai Kalakkad Mundanthurai Mudumalai Sathyamangalam Megamalai
Elephant reserves	Agasthyamalai Anamalai Coimbatore Mudumalai Srivilliputhur
Conservation reserves	Tiruvidaimarudur
Protected areas of India

v t e Eastern Ghats
States	Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Odisha Tamil Nadu Telangana
Regions	Coromandel Deccan Plateau Northern Circars Utkal
Hills and peaks	Arma Konda Bilgiri Bodhamalai Chitteri Deomali Erramala Gandhamardan Garhjat Javadi Kalrayan Kolli Mahendragiri Malayagiri Nallamalla Nilgiris Niyamgiri Pachaimalai Palkonda Seshachalam Simhachalam Servarayan Sirumalai Velikonda
Rivers	Amaravathi Baitarani Brahmani Budhabalanga Champavathi Chitravathi Godavari Gosthani Gundlakamma Kaveri Krishna Kundu Mahanadi Nagavali Palar Penna Ponnaiyar Rushikulya Sabari Sarada Sileru Subarnarekha Swarnamukhi Swetha Tammileru Thamirabharani Vaigai Vamsadhara Varaha Vellar
Waterfalls	Agaya Gangai Badaghagara Barehipani Dokarichanchara Duduma Joranda Khandadhar (Kendujhar) Khandadhar (Sundargarh) Kiliyur Phurlijharan Sanaghagara Talakona Ubbalamadugu
Lakes	Chilika Kolleru Pulicat
Protected areas and reserves	Amrabad Tiger Reserve Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Cauvery North Cauvery South Chilika Coringa Gundla Brahmeswaram Hadgarh Kambalakonda Kanger Karlapat Khalasuni Kinnerasani Kolleru Krishna Koundinya Lakhari Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Nalbana Nelapattu Papikonda Pulicat Rollapadu Simlipal Sri Lankamalleswara Sri Penusila Narasimha Sri Venkateswara Telineelapuram Sunabeda Ushakothi Vedanthangal
See also: Western Ghats

v t e Ramsar sites in India
Andhra Pradesh	Kolleru Lake
Assam	Deepor Beel
Bihar	Kanwar Lake
Goa	Nanda Lake
Gujarat	Khijadiya Nalsarovar Thol Lake Wadhvana Wetland
Haryana	Sultanpur National Park Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
Himachal Pradesh	Chandra Taal Pong Dam Lake Renuka Lake
Jammu and Kashmir	Hokera Wetland Hygam Wetland Shallbugh Wetland Surinsar-Mansar Lakes Wular Lake
Karnataka	Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Kerala	Ashtamudi Wetland Sasthamkotta Lake Vembanad-Kol Wetland
Ladakh	Tsomoriri Tso Kar
Madhya Pradesh	Bhoj Wetland Sakhya Sagar Sirpur Lake Yashwant Sagar
Maharashtra	Nandur Madhameshwar Lonar Lake Thane Creek
Manipur	Loktak Lake
Mizoram	Pala Wetland
Odisha	Anshupa Lake Bhitarkanika Mangroves Chilika Lake Hirakud Reservoir Satkosia Gorge Tampara Lake
Punjab	Beas Conservation Reserve Harike Wetland Kanjli Wetland Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary Ropar Wetland
Rajasthan	Keoladeo National Park Sambhar Lake
Tamil Nadu	Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary Karikili Bird Sanctuary Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest Pichavaram Mangrove Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Vellode Bird Sanctuary Vembannur Wetland Complex
Tripura	Rudrasagar Lake
Uttar Pradesh	Bakhira Sanctuary Haiderpur Wetland Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary Saman Bird Sanctuary Samaspur Bird Sanctuary Sandi Bird Sanctuary Sarsai Nawar Jheel Sur Sarovar Upper Ganga River
Uttarakhand	Asan Barrage
West Bengal	East Kolkata Wetlands Sundarban Wetland

Categories: