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{{Infobox protected area<br />
| name = Karikili Bird Sanctuary<br />
| iucn_category = IV<br />
| map = India Tamil Nadu#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Map of [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| relief = 1<br />
| mapframe = Yes<br />
| location = [[Kancheepuram District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12|35|51|N|79|50|34|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| area_ha = 58.4<br />
| established = 1988<br />
| governing_body = [[Ministry of Environment and Forests]], [[Government of India]]<br />
| module = {{Designation list<br />
| embed = yes<br />
| designation1 = Ramsar<br />
| designation1_offname = Karikili Bird Sanctuary<br />
| designation1_date = 8 April 2022<br />
| designation1_number = 2480<ref name="RSIS">{{Cite web|title=Karikili Bird Sanctuary|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2480|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref>}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Karikili Bird Sanctuary''' is a {{convert|61.21|ha|adj=on}} protected area located in the [[Chengalpattu District]] of the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forests.tn.gov.in/pages/view/karikili_bs |title=TNFOREST :: Tamil Nadu Forest Department |publisher=Forests.tn.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2021-05-28}}</ref> The sanctuary is about {{Convert|75|km}} from [[Chennai]], south of [[Chengalpattu]]. About 100 species were recorded from this sanctuary<ref>https://ebird.org/ebird/india/hotspot/L2591448{{dead link|date=May 2021}}</ref><br />
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Karikili is situated about 10 km from Vedanthangal, and there are two tanks combined established as the bird sanctuary in 1988.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://ibcn.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Tamil-Nadu.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 November 2017 |archive-date=12 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912194726/http://ibcn.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Tamil-Nadu.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> This region is surrounded by open areas, paddy fields and scrub forest. Several [[migratory birds]] such as [[Northern Pintail]], [[Garganey]], [[Common Sandpiper]] were recorded from Karikili.<br />
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Karikili Bird Sanctuary along with [[Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary]] has been identified as one of the [[Important Bird Area]]s of Tamil Nadu (IBA Site Code-29, A1, IBA criteria – A4iii).<ref name="auto"/> Several waterbirds use Vedanthangal as a nesting site and Karikili as a foraging site. The sanctuary has been designated as a protected [[Ramsar site]] since 2022.<ref name="RSIS"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Protected areas of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Bird sanctuaries of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of India]]<br />
[[Category:Coromandel Coast]]<br />
[[Category:South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:1988 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1988]]<br />
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