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04/11/22 13:24 PM IST

Panamaram Heronry

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  • Due to the intervention of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) and the Panamaram grama panchayat, Panamaram heronry is set to get a fresh lease of life.
Panamaram heronry
  • It is one of the largest mixed species heronry in Kerala and important site for breeding 9 species of water birds,
  • which includes species like black headed-ibis, purple heron, large egret, median egret, little egret, pond heron, night heron, and little cormorant.
  • The site is also the only location in State where the cattle egret breeds.
  • The heronry, formed on a sandbank on the Panamaram river (Wayanad district, Kerala) is covered with vegetation, predominantly bamboo groves.
  • Panamaram Riveris a tributary of the Kabani River along with Mananthavady, Babali, Noolpuzha and Nugu Rivers.
  • Destruction of bamboo groves after a massive blossoming of the plant and illegal sand-mining near the islet.
Heronry 
  • It is the breeding grounds of herons.
  • Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.
  • Herons, by evolutionary adaptation, have long beaks.
  • IUCN: Least Concern
Source- The Hindu 

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