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Monsoon Seawatch
Seawatching along the western coast of India during the Southwest Monsoon offers a unique opportunity to observe seabirds driven closer to shore by the monsoon winds. During this time, strong […]
Rajo Bird Count
Join us in the 2nd edition of Odisha's Rajo Bird Count (14 – 16 June, 2025)!
Pallas’s Fish-Eagle
Pallas Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) breeds during winter in the northern and northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent and migrates to Mongolia and thereabouts for the summer.
Towards Fairness in Citizen Science: Ethics, Consent & Collaboration
Good practices to help foster ethics, consent, and collaboration in citizen science.
Leafbirds – Golden-fronted, Jerdon’s and others
By Ramit Singal There are four species of leafbirds (also known as chloropsis) found in India and they never fail to enthral a birder. Each of them is largely green, slender in build, with a medium-length tail and the habit of dwelling in the top or mid-canopy....
Bird Atlases
A bird atlas is a citizen science project intended to map the distribution and abundance of a region’s birds. In an atlas project, the region of interest is typically divided into cells that are often subdivided into smaller cells, a design that can ensure uniform sampling in space by volunteer birdwatchers.
ID Articles
A series of articles to help with the identification of difficult birds.
Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher ID-Hindi
रेड-ब्रेस्टेड, टैगा और कश्मीर फ्लाईकैचर की पहचान कैसे करें? इन प्रवासी पक्षियों को पहचानने के आसान तरीके जानिए।
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker and Stripe-breasted Woodpecker: ID
Fulvous-breasted and Stripe-breasted Woodpeckers are similar-looking species that can be hard to tell apart. This guide highlights key differences in their appearance, range, and vocalizations to help you identify them with confidence.
Bushlarks, Skylarks, & Crested Larks
Related resources Is that a Pipit or a Lark? Identifying Indian and Singing Bushlarks Larks of Telangana (PDF) By Ramit Singal Hopefully, you've had some practice in telling apart larks from pipits. In this article, we'll try and give some tips to tell between 3...
Frequency Matters: Acoustic Identification of Barbets
By Anand Krishnan Barbets are some of the most ubiquitous of India’s fruit-eating birds, even occupying most major cities where fruiting trees remain. These sluggish, largely green birds are often heard before they are seen, their loud, repetitive calls betraying...
Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher ID-Kannada
लाल-छातीचा, लाल-कंठाचा आणि काश्मिरी माशीमार पक्ष्यांची ओळख कशी करावी? फिसेडूला गटातील या सारख्या दिसणाऱ्या प्रजातींमधील महत्त्वाचे फरक जाणून घ्या.
Identifying Waders: Part 1
In the first part of the series related to identifying waders, we try and tackle an often misidentified group consisting of the Tringa sandpipers.
Identifying Paddyfield Pipits
The Paddyfield Pipit is resident across most parts of the country and this is an excellent time of the year to familiarise oneself with the most common pipit of the region.
Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher ID-Marathi
माशीमार कसे ओळखावे: लाल छातीचा माशीमार (Red-breasted Flycatcher), लाल-कंठाचा माशीमार (Taiga Flycatcher) आणि काश्मिरी माशीमार (Kashmir Flycatcher) इंग्रजीत प्रकाशीत झालेल्या मूळ लेखाचा हा मराठी अनुवाद आहे. लेखक : तरुण मेनन आणि अश्विन विश्वनाथन, अनुवादक : स्वरूप...
Keeping an ear out for prinias: A beginner’s guide to vocal identification
-Anand Krishnan Every new birdwatcher starts off identifying birds using illustrations of plumage in a field guide. Building field skills, we all eventually use a suite of traits to ID birds, of which plumage is just one. Behavioural traits, habitat and other...
Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher ID-Hindi
रेड-ब्रेस्टेड, टैगा और कश्मीर फ्लाईकैचर की पहचान कैसे करें? इन प्रवासी पक्षियों को पहचानने के आसान तरीके जानिए।
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker and Stripe-breasted Woodpecker: ID
Fulvous-breasted and Stripe-breasted Woodpeckers are similar-looking species that can be hard to tell apart. This guide highlights key differences in their appearance, range, and vocalizations to help you identify them with confidence.
Bushlarks, Skylarks, & Crested Larks
Related resources Is that a Pipit or a Lark? Identifying Indian and Singing Bushlarks Larks of Telangana (PDF) By Ramit Singal Hopefully, you've had some practice in telling apart larks from pipits. In this article, we'll try and give some tips to tell between 3...
Frequency Matters: Acoustic Identification of Barbets
By Anand Krishnan Barbets are some of the most ubiquitous of India’s fruit-eating birds, even occupying most major cities where fruiting trees remain. These sluggish, largely green birds are often heard before they are seen, their loud, repetitive calls betraying...
Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher ID-Kannada
लाल-छातीचा, लाल-कंठाचा आणि काश्मिरी माशीमार पक्ष्यांची ओळख कशी करावी? फिसेडूला गटातील या सारख्या दिसणाऱ्या प्रजातींमधील महत्त्वाचे फरक जाणून घ्या.
Identifying Waders: Part 1
In the first part of the series related to identifying waders, we try and tackle an often misidentified group consisting of the Tringa sandpipers.
Identifying Paddyfield Pipits
The Paddyfield Pipit is resident across most parts of the country and this is an excellent time of the year to familiarise oneself with the most common pipit of the region.
Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher ID-Marathi
माशीमार कसे ओळखावे: लाल छातीचा माशीमार (Red-breasted Flycatcher), लाल-कंठाचा माशीमार (Taiga Flycatcher) आणि काश्मिरी माशीमार (Kashmir Flycatcher) इंग्रजीत प्रकाशीत झालेल्या मूळ लेखाचा हा मराठी अनुवाद आहे. लेखक : तरुण मेनन आणि अश्विन विश्वनाथन, अनुवादक : स्वरूप...
Keeping an ear out for prinias: A beginner’s guide to vocal identification
-Anand Krishnan Every new birdwatcher starts off identifying birds using illustrations of plumage in a field guide. Building field skills, we all eventually use a suite of traits to ID birds, of which plumage is just one. Behavioural traits, habitat and other...
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