Avifauna Pulicat Lake
spot-billed pelican @ pulicat lake the shallow lake known diversity of aquatic birds , important stopover on migration routes , reported third important wetland on eastern coast of india migratory shorebirds, particularly during spring , autumn migration seasons. in view of rich avifauna of lagoon, 2 bird sanctuaries established in lagoon, 1 in each of 2 states of andhra pradesh , tamil nadu. andhra pradesh portion of pulicat lake bird sanctuary, established in september 1976, has area of 172 square kilometres (66 sq mi) within lagoon’s total area in state in tada taluk of nellore district. wildlife division of state has listed 115 species of water , land birds in sanctuary. nelapattu bird sanctuary located nearby in catchment area. tamil nadu part of lagoon of 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) area, extending on ponneri , gummidipundi taluks of thiruvallur district declared bird sanctuary in october 1980. every year approximately 15,000 greater flamingos reported visi...