Horn bills in Malayattur Forests
Horn bills are thriving in the Malayattur forests. A recent bird survey held in the Malayattur forest division of an excellent population of Great pied Horn bills." While the Malabar Gray Hornbill was spotted in good numbers. The Malabar pied Hornbill was spotted from two base camps set up for the survey.
The Red list of threatened species compiled by the International union for conservation of nature has included the Great pied and Malabar pied Hornbills in the near Threatened category. The hornbill species are mostly found at an elevation between 200 meters and 1400 meters in evergreen forests of the state. These birds are frugivorous( feeding on fruits)
The forest stretch in Kerala that begins from parambikulam and runs through Nelliampathy, Vazhachal, Cholayar, Malayattur and Pooyamkutty houses excellent population of hornbills. The survey succeeded in identifying 193 species from the division survey was conducted by the Cochin Natural History Society and Kerala Birder in association with the Kerala Forest Department from February11-14,2011.
Prof.John Kurakar
Horn bills are thriving in the Malayattur forests. A recent bird survey held in the Malayattur forest division of an excellent population of Great pied Horn bills." While the Malabar Gray Hornbill was spotted in good numbers. The Malabar pied Hornbill was spotted from two base camps set up for the survey.
The Red list of threatened species compiled by the International union for conservation of nature has included the Great pied and Malabar pied Hornbills in the near Threatened category. The hornbill species are mostly found at an elevation between 200 meters and 1400 meters in evergreen forests of the state. These birds are frugivorous( feeding on fruits)
The forest stretch in Kerala that begins from parambikulam and runs through Nelliampathy, Vazhachal, Cholayar, Malayattur and Pooyamkutty houses excellent population of hornbills. The survey succeeded in identifying 193 species from the division survey was conducted by the Cochin Natural History Society and Kerala Birder in association with the Kerala Forest Department from February11-14,2011.Prof.John Kurakar
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