For the fourth year in succession, a one day workshop on Bird Monitoring in Kerala was held at Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur on 12 June 2017 . About 100 birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts, representing various organisations in Kerala participated in the workshop. Participants from Kerala represented Cochin Natural History Society (CNHS), Malabar Natural… read more »
Bird Count India
3 Towards the end of 2015, eBird introduced the Media Upload option to users across the world. This gave images and audio associated with eBird checklists a permanent home in the Macaulay Library’s database. A little while back, the total media uploaded to eBird from India crossed the 100,000 mark. This is a significant milestone and we’ve come a long way in… read more »
100,000 media and 300,000 checklists
Answer to EBD Quiz 5
Endemic Bird Day 2017 (Answer to Quiz 5)
Quiz 5 of the Endemic Bird Quiz series.
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 5 and Answer 4
Quiz 4 of the Endemic Bird Quiz series!
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 4 and answer to Quiz 3
Quiz 3 of the Endemic Bird Quiz series!
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 3 and answer to Quiz 2
We’re getting closer to the Endemic Bird Day 2017, and it’s time for the second quiz of the Endemic Bird Day quiz series! But first, here’s the answer to quiz 1: Bristled Grassbird Clues: a. Distribution – a highly nomadic bird, it has been recorded in the winters from across the country but in breeding season, it appears to be highly… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 2 and answer to Quiz 1
Endemic Bird Day 2017 is scheduled for 13 May 2017 and just as last year, there is a series of short quizzes to be answered in the run up to the main event. Here’s the first quiz: Based on the three clues given below, can you guess which subcontinental endemic is being referred to? (Note: The slideshow requires javascript to… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 1
2 It’s May and with most of the winter migrants back in their breeding grounds, it is the best time to focus on birds resident in the country. As every year, Endemic Bird Day 2017 is all about celebrating and documenting the birds endemic to the Indian subcontinent. The Endemic Bird Day coincides with the Global Bird Day, but in India, this time… read more »
Endemic Bird Day 2017
3 Note-taking in birding has evolved over the years. Looking back at his own jouney, Aasheesh Pittie writes about the changes that have occurred and why he still values the charm and thrill of taking notes by hand in a notebook.
From Analog to Digital
Great Backyard Bird Count results out now! Read more about GBBC and Campus Bird Count.
Great Backyard Bird Count–India, 17-20 Feb 2017
1 We are delighted to announce a new kind of birding challenge this month — to fill birding gaps. The understanding of Indian avifauna is limited by the lack of knowledge of distribution and seasonality of Indian birds. This is also reflected on eBird, where large parts of India remain under-represented or are completely unbirded! 110 districts have no eBirding data… read more »
November 2016 Gap-filling Challenge
We’re pleased to announce that our Endemic Birds T-shirts are now on general sale. Both men’s and women’s styles are available, all in a trendy grey background colour that is perfect both for wearing in the field as well as out on the town! Use our Endemic Birds T-shirts online order form to order now…
Endemic Birds T-shirts now on sale!
Congratulations to everyone who answered any of the Endemic Bird Day quizzes correctly, and a big thank you to everyone who took part and made the quiz more interesting! The answers to the last quiz of the series are: Species A: Indian Robin Species B: Indian Chat/Brown Rock Chat Congratulations to the following 13 who got these right: Abhijeet Sawant,… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Answer 10
In the run-up to the main event in May – the Endemic Bird Day, the Endemic Bird Quizzes were put up as a series of 10 quizzes about birds endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Congratulations to the 26 people who got the right answers to Quiz 9: Abhijeet Sawant, Aditya Nayak, Akshay Surendra, Amitayu Dey, Ashwin Mohan, Bikram Grewal, Biswajit Chakdar, Dr Asad… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Answer 9 and Quiz 10
We are inching closer to the big date with Endemic Bird Day 2016 on 14 May 2016. Do not forget to go birding on the day and look for residents and endemics around your birding patch or wherever you are! You can also check out our FB event page. Congratulations to the 27 who managed the right answers for Quiz 8. Madhushri… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Answer 8 and Quiz 9
We received 27 correct entries for Quiz 7! The answers, as many of you guessed, were: Species A: White-cheeked Barbet Species B: Brown-headed Barbet Congratulations to every one who managed the right answers! Abhijeet Sawant, Aditya Nayak, Amitayu Dey, Ankit Vikrant, Ashwin Mohan, Avadhesh Malik, Biswajit Chakdar, Chinmay Rahane, Dr Ravi Rajagopal, Kavi Nanda, Komal Agrawal, Kulbhushansingh, Manjula Ravi,… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Answer 7 and Quiz 8
17 correct answers were received for Quiz 5! The species referred to in the quiz were: Species A: Rufous-vented Prinia (Prinia burnesii) Species B: Swamp Prinia (Prinia cinerascens) The two are sister species which were considered conspecific and clubbed under Prinia burnesii. They are found in low-lying grasslands of the Indus/Gangetic and Brahmaputra floodplains. They are difficult to see in their preferred habitat,… read more »