Pallikaranai Wetland

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Context

• The curtain for the migratory season has been raised in the Pallikaranai Marshland.
• Over 150 garganeys, waders and raptors are flocking in the marshland.

Details

• Pallikaranai Wetland is a freshwater marsh in the city of Chennai.
• It is situated adjacent to the Bay of Bengal.
• The marshland is located along the Coromandel Coast south of the Adyar Estuary.
• Pallikaranai marshland is the only surviving wetland ecosystem of the city.
• It is among the few and last remaining natural wetlands of South India.
• It is one of the 94 identified wetlands under the National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme (NWCMP) operationalized by the Government of India in 1985–86.
• It is home to some of the most endangered reptiles such as Russell's viper.
• It has birds such as the glossy ibis, grey-headed lapwings and pheasant-tailed jac
• Cormorants, darters, herons, egrets, open-billed storks, spoonbills, white ibis, little grebe, Indian moorhen, black-winged stilts, purple moorhens, warblers, coots and dabchicks have been spotted in large numbers in the marshland.