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Most complete book on the Birds of Kerala till date describing all 453 species of birds found in the state and an additional 49 birds that could occur as strays. Stunning photographs of 400 birds make this book an attractive field guide while the depth of research makes it an excellent handbook. A must have, for a visitor to South India.
During the early 1980s, when we used to observe the birds at the estuaries, seacoast and other wetlands of North Kerala, we had always been perplexed at the identity of several species of Shorebirds encountered. The bird-books available at the time, we found to our consternation, were totally inadequate to deal with this complex group of waders. Later, the book Shorebirds: an Identification Guide to the Waders of the World (Hayman, et al. 1986) appeared on the ...
The Madayipara hills in Kannur District of Kerala, is perhaps one of the most remarkable Laterite Hillocks of North Malabar. The Laterite System is spread over 365 ha, comprising of a flat-topped table like hill, surrounded by the rivers of Kuppam, Ramapuram and Peruvamba, as well as the Kawayi backwaters adjacent to the Lakshadweep Sea. The view from the Southeastern part of the hill is picturesque, attracting tourists to the area. Since 1985, we initiated ...
Mammals are the animals that man knows best, perhaps, since the primeval period of his his hunter-gatherer-status. They are the most advanced of all the other groups (classes) of animals of the world today. The members have a worldwide distribution living in diverse eco-habitats like marine and fresh water systems, glaciers, forests and deserts. The mammalian diversity reported from the world is about 4629 species, of which 408 species are recorded from India, ...
In the present document, 137 species and subspecies of Odonata spread over 79 genera, 12 families and 31 subfamilies known till date from Kerala are dealt with. In many of the scientific literature on Odonata published prior to India's independence, the distributional areas of several species found in Kerala are mentioned as Malabar, Cochin and Travancore, the formerly known princely states/provinces falling partly in the present day limits of the Kerala state. ...