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Birder Profile: Dr. Ashok Kolluru
Dr. Ashok Kolluru is an ardent birder from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Read on to find out more about him: Please tell us a bit about yourself. What do you...
What’s that White Egret sp?
By Ramit Singal Egrets are beautiful and elegant birds to watch. You'll often see them standing still over water and, in a flash, using their long, pointed...
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.
Frequency Matters: Acoustic Identification of Barbets
By Anand Krishnan Barbets are some of the most ubiquitous of India’s fruit-eating birds, even...
How to practice bird identification with digital tools
In this brief post, we will describe how you can use free online tools to brush up on bird...
Some tips on vocal identification of Jungle and Rock Bush-Quails in Peninsular India
By Anand Krishnan and Sarthak Malusare Introduction Two Perdicula bush-quails—Jungle Bush-Quail...
Identifying Flycatchers: Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher
By Tarun Menon and Ashwin Viswanathan Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher are three very...
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...
Identifying Pipits: Blyth’s and Richard’s Pipits
By Ramit Singal For Part 1 of the series (Identifying Paddyfield Pipits), click here. Birders...
Identifying Paddyfield Pipits
By Ramit Singal For part 2 of the identifying pipit series, click here It’s that time of the year...
Identifying Waders: Part 2
By Ramit Singal Most waders are here, and you may have already begun seeing and identifying the...
Identifying Waders: Part 1
By Ramit Singal It is that time of the year again. Winter soon approaches, and birders across the...
Frequency Matters: Acoustic Identification of Barbets
By Anand Krishnan Barbets are some of the most ubiquitous of India’s fruit-eating birds, even...
How to practice bird identification with digital tools
In this brief post, we will describe how you can use free online tools to brush up on bird...
Some tips on vocal identification of Jungle and Rock Bush-Quails in Peninsular India
By Anand Krishnan and Sarthak Malusare Introduction Two Perdicula bush-quails—Jungle Bush-Quail...
Identifying Flycatchers: Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher
By Tarun Menon and Ashwin Viswanathan Red-breasted, Taiga and Kashmir Flycatcher are three very...
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...
Identifying Pipits: Blyth’s and Richard’s Pipits
By Ramit Singal For Part 1 of the series (Identifying Paddyfield Pipits), click here. Birders...
Identifying Paddyfield Pipits
By Ramit Singal For part 2 of the identifying pipit series, click here It’s that time of the year...
Identifying Waders: Part 2
By Ramit Singal Most waders are here, and you may have already begun seeing and identifying the...
Identifying Waders: Part 1
By Ramit Singal It is that time of the year again. Winter soon approaches, and birders across the...
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