Bird Count India (BCI) is an informal collective of national and regional partners who are interested in bird monitoring in India. The partnership consists of a large number of organizations and groups, all of whom share BCI’s common goals. Partners, by definition, is either a formal organization, governmental or non-governmental, or even an informal group like a social media group. Hence, the BCI collective does not directly include individuals. Partners support the goals of Bird Count India in a variety of ways but by mostly encouraging their members/subscribers to take part in events and projects that lead to a better understanding of bird distribution and abundance. Some partners run their own events and projects, with support from the collective.
Partnerships
Four different types of partners in BCI are listed below with their mutual expectations.
Types of Partners | Expectations of the BCI Collective from the BCI Partner | Expectations of the BCI Partner from the BCI Collective |
Supporter | 1. You use products & outputs (e.g. Migration or coverage maps) from BCI in your public displays & products with appropriate acknowledgements or credits.
2. You promote the products & outputs from BCI in your networks. |
1. Ensure public outputs/products are easily accessible with details of acknowledgements & credits.
2. Obtain response to queries on any aspect of BCI activities. |
Participator | Supporter +
1. You promote BCI or BCI partner events/projects (e.g. HBC) in your own network (members, community, Whatsapp group). 2. You get your network to participate in these events/projects. |
Supporter +
1. Get listed as a coordinator (partner or partner’s representative person) in the relevant event pages for your region of focus (e.g. GBBC Coordinator for XYZ). 2. Gets to carry BCI logo in any relevant promotion material related to the events after obtaining explicit permission. |
Collaborator | Participator +
1. You run an annual event or a multi-year project with technical support from BCI (e.g. atlas). 2. You take complete ownership of some major activities (e.g. onboarding participants, analyzing results, arranging logistics) of the project/event. 3. You co-brand the project/event with BCI. |
Participator +
1. Get to list your event/project page in BCI website. 2. Get support for parts of the project (e.g. data analysis) 3. Get support for creating and publishing media releases. 4. Get to manage eBird data quality in your region. |
Host | 1. You host a personnel that works directly on a BCI goal.
2. You host (in cloud or on-premises) an online resource (website, tool) of BCI. 3. You fund the expenses of a national level project of BCI |
1. Has equal ownership in execution of BCI’s vision and mission.
2. Gets to run the show based on the scope of the partnership. Details may vary based on the type of partnership. 3. Access to certain admin privileges based on the nature of hosting. 4. Hosting Partners may have to enter into a formal agreement on their respective roles in running the collective in a coordinated way. |
List of Current Partners
Collaborators
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- Assam Bird Monitoring Network (ABMN)
- Arannya Environment Research Organisation (AERO)
- Birdwatchers’ Society (West Bengal)
- Bird Conservation Society Gujarat (BCSG)
- Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
- Goa Bird Conservation Network (GBCN)
- Kerala Bird Monitoring Network
- Tamil Birders Network
- Wetlands International-South Asia
- Wings – Birds of India
- WWF-India
Participators
- ATREE
- Andaman Avians Club (AAC)
- Arunachal Pradesh Birding Club
- Birds of Kashmir
- Birders Ezhupunna
- Birdwatchers of Kerala
- Bhubaneshwar Bird Walks
- Chaatak Nature Conservation Society
- Coastal Karnataka Birdwatchers Network
- Cochin Natural History Society (CNHS)
- College of Agriculture,Tripura
- College of Forestry, Thrissur
- College of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Vellanikkara
- Cotton University
- Deccan Birders
- Eco Warriors Nagaland
- Fergusson College, Pune
- Foundation for Ecological Security
- Indian Institute for Science Education and Research (IISER)–Tirupati
- India’s Nature- A Citizen Science Initiative
- Institute for Bird Studies, Rishi Valley
- J&K Birdlife
- Jungle Buddies Tours
- KALPAVRIKSH
- Kole Birders Collective
- Kollam Birding Battalion
- Kerala Birders Club
- Kenneth Anderson Nature Society (KANS)
- Madras Naturalists’ Society (MNS)
- Malabar Awareness and Rescue Centre (MARC)
- Malabar Natural History Society (MNHS)
- Mysore Nature
- Natural History Society of Palakkad
- Nature Science Initiative
- Salem Ornithological Foundation (SOF)
- SPROUTS
- 7Weaves
- Tamilbirds
- Titli Trust
- Meramvong Conservation Programme
- The ERDS Foundation
- The Nature Volunteers
- Wildlife Conservation and Birds Club of Ladakh (WCBCL)
Supporters
- Indian Birds (Facebook)
- IndianBIRDS (Journal)
- Raptor Research and Conservation Foundation (RRCF)
- Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
- SACON
Hosts
Note
We are revising the list of partners. If you are existing partner (see list below), we have already sent you an email to the contact email id we have. Kindly let us know if you would like to receive the same in a different email ID. If you are a new partner (unlisted below), then kindly fill this online form.
For more questions on partnership, please email us at [email protected] or Whatsapp us at +91 90081 96098.
Past Partners (2013-2023)
- Aaranyak
- Centre for Environment Education
- Durgapur Wildlife Information and Nature Guide Society (WINGS)
- Chennai Young Naturalists Network
- Coimbatore Birding Club
- Conservation India
- Ecoclub Pondicherry University
- Forest Watch
- Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning
- Indian Institute for Science Education and Research–Mohali
- India Bird Races
- Kashmir Birdwatch
- Kottayam Nature Society
- Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
- Maharashtra Pakshimitra
- National Centre for Biological Sciences
- Nature Education and Awareness Trust (NEAT)
- Nature Education Society of Travancore (NEST)
- Nilgiri Natural History Society
- Plant & Animals Welfare Society (PAWS)
- Prakriti Wildlife Club, IIT-Madras
- Rupa Rahul Bajaj Centre for Environment and Art
- Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
- Sundarvan Nature Discovery Centre
- The Nature Trust
- Ujjain Birding Club
- Warblers and Waders
- Wildlife and Environment Conservation Society
- Wildlife Institute of India
- Wildlife Research and Conservation Society
Online groups and sites
- BengalBird
- BirdIndia on iNaturalist
- Birds Planet – Strabo Pixel Club
- Bird Katta
- Birds of Maharashtra
- Birds of Mumbai
- Birds of Orissa
- Birds of Pune
- Birds of Vidarbha
- birdsofbombay
- Birdwatchers Goa
- delhibird
- Hyderabad Birding Pals
- India Nature Watch
- Manipal Birders Club
- The Bhubaneswar Bird Walks
- Adarshgaon Kiraksal Biodiversity
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