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Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Entrance of the sanctuary
Map of Goa, India
Location	Chorão, Goa, India
Nearest city	Panaji
Coordinates	15°30′53″N 73°51′27″E / 15.5146°N 73.8575°E / 15.5146; 73.8575
Area	178 ha (440 acres)
Established	1988

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. The sanctuary is named after Salim Ali, the eminent Indian ornithologist.

The sanctuary and island are accessed by a ferry service running between Ribander and Chorão. The sanctuary has a paved walk that runs between mangroves of Rhizophora mucronata, Avicennia officinalis and other species.

Description

The size of the sanctuary is 178 ha (440 acres). The area is covered by low mangrove forest.

Flora and fauna

Several species of birds have been recorded and the common species include the striated heron and western reef heron. Other species that have been recorded include the little bittern, black bittern, red knot, jack snipe and pied avocet (on transient sandbanks). The sanctuary is also host to mudskippers, fiddler crabs and other mangrove habitat specialists. A species of crustacean Teleotanais indianis was described based on specimens obtained in the sanctuary.

Media

• un-id'ed Crab
• Porcelain fiddler
• Mudskipper
• un-id'ed Crab
• Rhizophora mucronata fruit
• Rhizophora mucronata leaves

See also

• Salim Ali
• Bird sanctuaries of India

References

1. Borges, S.D. & A.B.Shanbhag (2007). "Additions to the avifauna of Goa, India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 104 (1): 98–101.
2. Larsen, Kim; Gobardhan Sahoo & Zakir Ali Ansari (2013). "Description of a new mangrove root dwelling species of Teleotanais (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from India, with a key to Teleotanaidae" (PDF). Species Diversity. 18: 237–243.

External links

• Goa Central
• Goa vacation guide
• GoaTourism

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