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�Sky islands �and �Open landscape �Monitoring

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Sky-island Monitoring

  • Could not do in 2023, 24 (As of now)
  • New locations to be identified
  • When to do- months?
  • Protocol

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Open landscape

District

Open Landscape suggested

Hotspot ID

owner

Palakkad

Mattumala Hillocks

Praveen Velayudhan

Thrissur

Vilangan Hills

Dileep Vangasseri

Kannur

Madayipara

Sreekanth. C

kozhikode

ponkunnu hills

Mujeeb PM

wayanad

karappuzha

Rathish RL

Malappuram

kargilkunn(Valancheri)

Dr Fasal rahman / Nesru Tirur

Vazhayur Hill (near Ramanattukara)

Yaduprasad/Nesru Tirur

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District

Open Landscape suggested

species of interest

Palakkad

Mattumala Hillocks

Larks (Malabar, Rufous-tailed), Buntings (Grey-necked, Red-headed) Nighhjars, Indian Thick-knee, Gray Francolin, Yellow Wattled Lapwing, Jungle Bush Quail, Oriental Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat

Thrissur

Vilangan Hills

e-bird hotspot lists 44 species in 12 checklists from 2017 onwards and includes sightings of siberian stone chat, gray francolin and yellow-wattled lapwing.

Kannur

Madayipara

Pipits, Larks,Indian Thick-knee, Quails, Buntings, yellow wattled lapwing, Etc

kozhikode

ponkunnu hills

wayanad

karappuzha

larka, lapwings etc..

Malappuram

kargilkunn(Valancheri)

Pipits , Larks

Vazhayur Hill (near Ramanattukara)

Pipits ,Lark