Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in April by the numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 6,075 (7,324)
Number of observations: 8.93 lakhs (12.52 lakhs)
Number of lists (all types): 54,400 (72,942)
Number of species: 1,109 (1,119)
Number of unique lists with media: 5,633 (7,135)
The challenge for April was to upload a minimum of 20 checklists, with audio (rated) of at least 5 species. A total of 42 eBirders successfully met this target! (Updated on 30 May 2025).
Congratulations to all these birders!
Ains Priestman, Ajay Sarvagnam, Amrit Raha, Anand Birdlife, Anand Singh, Aravind Am, Asim Giri, Bhaskar Mandal & Lakshmi Chatterjee, Biplab Banerjee, Chandu A, Chirag Munje, Dipankar Dev, Dr Bipasha David, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Gaja Mohanraj, Hariharan T V, Jayadev Menon, Kilson Kiragori, Kit Britten, Krishnamoorthy Muthirulan, Lakshmikant Neve, Madhavi Babtiwale, Maggie Geer, Mahmadanesh Khira, Munish Gowda, Neeraja V, Padma Gyalpo, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Pranad Patil, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Ramesh Shenai, Ranjeet Singh, Sandip Das, Sanjiv Khanna, Sharad Apte, Shilpa Gadgil, Shubham Giri, Soubhagya Mohanty, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Uma Vaijnath, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vivek Sudhakaran.
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 39 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Neeraja V who receives a copy of Women in the Wild: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists by Anita Mani as a small gift in appreciation.
Are you up to date with the eBird India challenge for May?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2025!
Header Image: Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps © Manjula Desai / Macaulay Library
