Abstract
The breeding of Near threttened species Oriental white ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus (Aves: Threskiornithidae) in Tirunavaya wetland is the first scientific doccument from Malappuram District of Kerala State,India.The present work explore the habitat preference and nesting charecteristics of Oriental white ibis in kerala .The colonial breed site bears nesting of three species along with the study species. Of which Oriental white ibis bears four nest, IUCN Near threttened species Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster with one nest and Open bill stork Anastomus oscitans with three nests.The nest tree species is Barringtonia acutangula and shows an average tree height 7 ±0.45 m and nest height 3.18±0.49 m.
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