Thattekkad is a lowland forest with several types of eco-systems – riverine, grasslands, evergreen, scrub, dry deciduous, lowland forest, enabling it to be one of the best birding destinations in India. This is also home to most of the endemics of the Western Ghats. One should sight the White bellied Treepie, Rufous Babbler, Crimsonbacked Sunbird, White Bellied Blue Flycatcher, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill besides owls like the Mottled Wood Owl, Spot-bellied Eagle Owl , Srilankan Bay Owl, Oriental scopes owl, Brown Fish Owl, Great eared Nightjar, special mammal Slender Loris. You should also be able to sight the Red Spur fowl, Grey Jungle Fowl, Indian Pitta, Black-throated Munia and the Lesser fishing eagle.
Places Covered
Thattekad and Munnar