Time flies - we are already on the 4th quiz of the Endemic Bird Quiz series in the run up to the Endemic Bird Day. How did you do in Quiz 3? Well - 33 of you managed to get all 5 species right! The correct answers are: Species A: Rusty-throated Wren-Babbler (aka...
This is the third quiz in the series of Endemic Bird Quizzes that lead up to the Endemic Bird Day. Time's up for submissions to Quiz 2 and we are pleased to announce that 27 of you got it right! The bird in question was the Painted Francolin. This subcontinental...
Thank you to everyone who tried their luck with Quiz 1 in the run-up to the Endemic Bird Day 2016. 49 of you got it right! As many of you guessed - the bird in question was indeed the delightful looking Vigors's Sunbird. The Vigors's Sunbird is the only...
The Endemic Bird Day takes place on 14 May 2016. In the run up to the event, we will be posting a quiz every 3 days to see how well you know the birds endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. The bird in question will be endemic to the Indian Subcontinent and, to help...
Mark your calendars for Saturday 14 May 2016, and go out birding wherever you are in India for Endemic Bird Day. This is the second year this event has happened, timed to coincide with the Global Big Day, a worldwide effort to document as many species as possible...
Congratulations to Avishkar Munje whose photo amusingly titled "A rare sight: Students observing 'feathered' birds in Fergusson" was the judges' unanimous choice as the winner for the "Birds and People" GBBC 2016 Photo Contest. "A rare sight: Students observing...
The GBBC is underway! Keep track of progress here India | Global The Great (global) Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) spans four days of birding fun on 12-15 February 2016. Join hundreds of birders from around the country in watching birds, leading birdwalks and...
The Great Backyard Bird Count has begun! Over 1,000 birdwatchers from across India are expected to take part in this global event, spanning the next four days. More than 150 educational and other institutions are documenting their birds through the Campus Bird...
International Vulture Awareness Day is the first Saturday of every September, which is this year is 5th September. (The vulture day website is here.) To mark this event, we have produced a series of five 'slides' with factlets about vultures, their decline and its...
Bird Count India is proud to be a partner in the upcoming Onam Bird Count, 28-31 August 2015. The Onam Bird Count is part of the twice-yearly series of bird counts conducted across the state of Kerala. Kerala's Common Bird Monitoring Programme takes place in Feb...
The Onam Bird Count in Kerala is an annual celebration of birds in the State. The idea is to go out and count birds during the Onam festival, to get more people interested in birding, and to generate a yearly snapshot of the bird population in Kerala. Onam Bird...
Endemic Bird Day was celebrated on the 9th of May, coinciding with Global Big Day across the world. A larger number of Indian birders marked the event by braving the May heat to go out birding. Take a look at the Endemic Bird Day page for a summary of the birds...