The Regional Coordinator (RC) will serve as the main link between the regional birding community and BCI collective. They act as first-level contacts for the community and they help find answers on questions about birding, birding events (e.g. GBBC)
SoIB 2023 report assessess the conservation status of 942 species. This report is largely based on 30 million observations contributed by over 30,000 birdwatchers across India.
On 11 June 2022, a single day workshop on bird monitoring in Kerala was organised at the Academy of Climate ChangeEducation & Research, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur. This is the eight year of this workshop and was attended by 100 birdwatchers and...
380 birdwatchers from three Himalayan countries - India, Nepal and Bhutan - came together and documented 654 species in 1,482 checklists!
During GBBC 2023, 4,264 birders uploaded 53,750 checklists and recorded an impressive 1,072 species— 78% of the total number of species known to occur in the country!
See here for Final Results Preliminary Results (updated on 23 Mar 2023) Congratulations to everyone involved in the very successful Great Backyard Bird Count! At a global level, India did very well, uploading the second-highest number of checklists and...
A large quantity of eBird data available could be difficult to navigate. Bird Count India team has some experience in analyzing eBird data and is willing to unblock other analysts in their job to get desired results. Every Thursday, there will be three 20-minute slots. Available BCI staff will answer any questions you have during this 20 minutes.
Merlin, the bird identification app, has been tremendously useful for birders - beginners and experts alike. Merlin can identify bird species from photographs - but it can also suggest the species using simple facts like species size, major three colours, where it...
Tokhü Emong Bird Count (4- 7 Nov 2022) Preliminary Report Over the four days of the Tokhü Emong Bird Count (TEBC), 18 eBirders from Dimapur, Kohima, Peren and Wokha uploaded 84 checklists and recorded 178 species! Congratulations to everyone involved in the...
The Kerala Beachcombing is a systematic survey to study the shorebirds of the entire coastline of the state involving citizens from all walks of life like the beginners, amateurs and senior birders.
The eBird/Clements world checklist will soon get updated and the entire list will reflect in your eBird account. In terms of species splits and lumps; name changes there are minimal changes for the birders in South Asia but their impact is over a large region. The full list of changes will be posted soon.
Updated: October 2022 The Patch Monitoring Project began in July 2021 with the objective to systematically monitor birds in local birding patches. Monitoring such patches in the long-term can lead to fascinating and invaluable insights about the state of birds in...
