On 12 October, over 1,000 birdwatchers across India celebrated India’s Wild Bird Day, submitting 3,074 checklists and documenting 762 bird species. This national event, aligned with the global October Big Day, saw India rank 8th worldwide for checklists and species reported.
India reported the highest bunting diversity among seven Asian countries, including key sightings of the endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting. Bunting Count 2022-23 recorded valuable data on migratory buntings across India, with 62 checklists from 40 sites.
Join the Bird Taxonomy Quiz with Praveen J on 28th October at 7 PM!
Curious about bird species and subspecies, or the latest changes in bird taxonomy? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz and discover Birds of India - A Synopsis, a new resource for all Indian bird species and subspecies. Learn about global taxonomic updates and what’s new in eBird this year!
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Indian birders have now uploaded 3,000,000 checklists, almost 3,000,000 photographs, and over 1,50,000 bird sounds!
1,309 birdwatchers from India came together and documented 822 species in 3,075 checklists!
In July 2024, the Birdwatchers' Society, West Bengal hosted a significant gathering of eBird India editors and Regional Coordinators in Kolkata
Birders in Assam uploading a total of 659 lists and recorded up to 327 bird specie during the four days of Rongali Bihu Bird Count
On 09 June 2024, a single day workshop on bird monitoring in Kerala was organised at the College of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur
Print this beautiful poster all about the Purple-rumped Sunbird, illustrated by Saniya Chaplod.
5,334 birders uploaded 58,276 checklists and recorded 1,036 species in GBBC 2024
Every day, at least 2,180 birdwatchers from India came together for the 4 days (3,119 birdwatchers on Day 3!), documented 1,036 species, and uploaded over 61,000 checklists
