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The Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre (PTWRC; French: Parc zoologique de Phnom Tamao) is a wildlife centre located roughly 25 miles (40 km) by road south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The centre was established in 1995 and with an area of over 6,000 acres of protected regenerating forest , this is the largest zoo in Cambodia. [ 1 ]
Species C. aura (Linnaeus, 1758); C. burrovianus Cassin, 1845; C. melambrotus Wetmore, 1964; Approximate distribution of the genus Cathartes.Green indicates that at least one species is resident year-round and yellow shows areas where one species, the turkey vulture, is a summer-only breeding visitor.
The Cathartiformes / k ə ˈ θ ɑːr t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / was a former order of scavenging birds which included the New World vultures and the now-extinct Teratornithidae. [1] Unlike many Old World vultures , this group of birds lack talons and musculature in their feet suitable to seize prey.
Kaluveli Bird Sanctuary, sometimes spelled Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary, is a protected area and bird sanctuary located in Villupuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The sanctuary covers an area of 51.56 km 2 (19.91 sq mi) and was notified in 2021. [1] It was designated as a Ramsar site of international importance in 2024. [2]
Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in the Mehsana district of North Gujarat. [1] It is one of the major wetland in Gujarat and it surrounds the Thol lake . [ 2 ] It is famous for its migratory birds and was notified as Sanctuary in 1988 under Sec. 18 of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 . [ 3 ]
Birds usually stay in the Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary for about six months, arriving in February in groups for the nesting season. [3] By the end of August, the migratory birds depart. Kaggaladu is said to be the second largest painted stork sanctuary in South India , after the Kokrebellur sanctuary in Mandya district , Karnataka . [ 3 ]
The sanctuary escaped serious damage and the sanctuary, animals and birds largely survived the giant wave, but 5,525 people were killed in neighbouring parts of Nagapattinam District. [ 7 ] The documentary film Point Calimere – Little Kingdom by the Coast by Shekar Dattatri won the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) Vatavaran 2007 award in the ...
The sanctuary includes the cape and its three types of habitat: dry evergreen forests, mangrove forests, and wetlands. In 1988, the sanctuary was enlarged to include the Great Vedaranyam Swamp and the Talaignayar Reserve Forest, and renamed the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary , with a total area of 377 square kilometres (146 sq mi).