The third Bengaluru Bird Count will be conducted on 14 &15 February 2015.Â
Unlike last two years, this is a two day event and birdwatching teams can pick and choose any day or any session for their trips. The big motive is to balance coverage and fun, hence we do a bit of coordination to ensure that the most important sites and habitats are sufficiently covered with the available resources. This event overlaps with GBBC-India and all these lists will land in GBBC listings. We use eBird as the backbone for listing and atleast one member in each team would need an ebird account.
Birdwatching is ideally done by small teams of 3-4 members, lead by atleast one birder who can safely identify a good number of species found in the selected sites. Teams spend time at multiple sites, birding as long as it takes to cover the site before moving to the next site. Lists should not span multiple sites. It is encouraged to submit short complete lists from each site. If you are spending an entire day at a site, please divide this into two separate sessions, each being an independent complete list. Species seen on the way or when you were not specifically watching for birds can be considered as Incidental lists.
If you are a birdwatcher in Bengaluru during this weekend and would like to join us, kindly send an email to below ID so that we can plan the days appropriately. You may have already made plans for the days or you would be a birder looking out for company for one of the days/sessions, please let us know. You may not be free during this period but may have plans to do birding in your neighbourhood for short period or take general public for birdwatching, please let us know that too. We may be able to tune our plans considering the parts you may be covering. Lastly this coincides with Campus Bird Count of GBBC-India, we will coordinate to make best use of that effort.Â
Details of last year’s BBC can be found below.
Contact
Praveen J. [email protected]
The second Bengaluru Bird Count was conducted on 16 February 2014. Several groups split across various parts of Bengaluru to watch birds and reported their lists in eBird. This coincided with Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and Big Bird Day (BBD) and the data collected was also contributed to those events. A short summary of the results is provided in Table 1.
# Species | 225 |
# Observations | 2604 |
# Minutes of Observation | 7438 |
# Birds | 23014 |
# Complete Lists | 79 |
# Birders | 105 |
The city was divided into four zones for operational purposes. The distribution of various parameters in these four cardinal zones is shown in Fig. 1.
Like most cities, development in Bengaluru happens in circles. Based on some known roads & landmarks, the sites were categorised into four concentric, nearly circular zones as described in Table 2.
Inner | All sites which are inside or on the Inner Ring Road or a similar road of that nature. |
Outer | All sites which are inside or on the Outer Ring Road or a similar road of that nature. |
Peripheral | All sites which are inside or on the NICE Road or a similar road of that nature. |
Exterior | All sites that are outside the Peripheral but falls within the district boundaries of Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara or Chikballapur districts |
Fig. 2 shows how different sites were divided into near-concentric circles in the map and Table 3 lists the sites on how these sites are assigned to different zones.
Location | Cardinal | Circle |
Agara Kere, Bangalore | East | Outer |
Anekal Lake (Dodda Kere) | South | Exterior |
Anekal Road to Ragihalli | South | Exterior |
Bangalore University Campus, Bangalore | South | Outer |
Bellandur Lake, Bangalore | East | Outer |
Bettakote Lake, Devanahalli | North | Exterior |
Bidrekere | South | Exterior |
Chikkabanavara Lake | North | Peripheral |
Devarabisanahalli Kere | East | Peripheral |
fields around Yadamaranahalli | South | Exterior |
Gabbadi Kere, Bangalore | South | Exterior |
Gabbadi Nursery | South | Exterior |
Gadasalli Kere | South | Exterior |
GKVK Bettahalli Forest | North | Peripheral |
GKVK Botanical Gardens | North | Peripheral |
GKVK Campus, Bangalore | North | Peripheral |
GKVK Dry Land | North | Peripheral |
Gulak male | South | Outer |
Gulak male kere | South | Outer |
Haragade Lake | South | Exterior |
Harohalli Lake, Bangalore | South | Exterior |
Hebbal Lake, Bangalore | North | Outer |
Hennagara Lake | South | Exterior |
Hesaraghatta–Hesaraghatta Grassland | North | Exterior |
Hesaraghatta–Mathkur Area | North | Exterior |
Hessarghatta Lake, Bangalore | North | Exterior |
Hosakerehalli Lake | South | Outer |
Hoskote Lake, Bangalore | East | Exterior |
Hulimangala, Bangalore | South | Exterior |
Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore | North | Inner |
Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain Park, Bangalore | North | Inner |
Jaipurdoddi | South | Exterior |
Jayanagar housing society layout, 207 | South | Outer |
Jigani Lake | South | Exterior |
Kaggalahalli Kere, Bangalore | South | Exterior |
Kaikondanahalli Kere, Bangalore | East | Peripheral |
Kakolu Lake | North | Exterior |
Kodipalya | South | Peripheral |
Kogilu Kere, Bangalore | North | Peripheral |
Lalbagh, Bangalore | South | Inner |
Madhure Kere, Bangalore | North | Exterior |
Madivala Lake, Bangalore | South | Outer |
Muthanallur Lake, Bangalore | East | Peripheral |
Muthyalamaduvu | South | Exterior |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore | North | Exterior |
National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore | North | Peripheral |
near Kanakapura | South | Exterior |
Puttenhalli Lake (Puttakere) | South | Peripheral |
Ragihalli Forest Strech | South | Exterior |
Ragihalli Lake | South | Exterior |
Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore | North | Peripheral |
Ramadevarabetta, Ramanagaram | South | Exterior |
Ramakrishna Mission School | South | Exterior |
Rampura-Kalkere Lake, Bangalore | East | Peripheral |
Ravagodlu Betta, Bangalore | South | Exterior |
Road Passing through Ragihalli State Forest | South | Exterior |
Road to Lotus Pond | South | Exterior |
Savandurga State Forest, Bangalore | West | Exterior |
Shashikant’s House | South | Exterior |
Shivana Kere area (behind the Valley School) | South | Peripheral |
Shivanahalli, Bangalore | South | Exterior |
TG Halli Reservoir, Bangalore | West | Exterior |
Totti kallu | South | Outer |
Vadhera halli Lake | South | Exterior |
Valley School, Bangalore | South | Peripheral |
water body outside Kanakapura | South | Exterior |
Yellamalappa Shetty Lake, Bangalore | East | Peripheral |
Fig. 3 shows a representative distribution of species count and effort in these circles. Table 3 provides the list of thirteen Threatened and Near-threatened species as per IUCN which were recorded during the count. Apart from this list, Indian Spotted Eagle (Aquila hastata) is known to occur in several wetlands around the city but was not recorded during this count. Other Red Data species which have occurred in this area are rarities viz. Lesser Florican (EN), Lesser Flamingo (NT), Great Snipe (NT), Wood Snipe (VU), Eurasian Curlew (NT), Great Thick-knee (NT), Black-bellied Tern (EN), European Roller (NT) and Kashmir Flycatcher (VU) or locally extinct like White-rumped Vulture (CR), Great Indian Bustard (CR), Black-necked Stork (NT) and Laggar Falcon (NT). Nandi Hills (IBA #IN203), Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary (= Ramanagara Reserve Forest, IBA #IN206), Hessarghatta Lake, Thippagondanahalli Reservoir, Savandurga Hillocks and Hoskote Lake form important habitats for these species. The other Important Bird Area (IBA) in Bengaluru, Bannerghatta National Park (IBA # IN181), was not covered as a part of this count as it is a restricted area. Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (IBA #IN186) that lies in the southern boundary of the area is considered out of limits. The four non-IBAs listed here are candidate IBAs for the next update.
Species | IUCN Category (2013) | Sites | |
Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | Near-threatened | Water bodies of Bettakote, Hennagara, Hessarghatta, Hoskote. |
Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | Near-threatened | Water bodies of Agara, Chikkabanavara, Haragade, Hebbal, Hennagara, Hoskote, Jigani, Kaikondrahalli, Kakolu, Madivala, and Puttenhalli (Puttakere). |
Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | Near-threatened | Water bodies of Hoskote, Kaikondrahalli, Lalbagh and Madivala. |
Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Near-threatened | Water bodies viz. Bellandur, Harohalli, Hennagara, Hessarghatta, Hoskote, Kanakapura, Rampura-Kalkere and Thippagondanahalli |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered | Hessarghatta, Ramadevarabetta, Savandurga |
Indian Vulture | Gyps indicus | Critically Endangered | Ramadevarabetta |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable | Hoskote |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened | Water bodies of Hessarghatta, Hoskote & Thippagondanahalli |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened | Hoskote |
River Tern | Sterna aurantia | Near-threatened | Water bodies of Hoskote, Thippagondanahalli and Shivanakere |
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon | Columba elphinstonii | Vulnerable | Nandi Hills |
Yellow-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus xantholaemus | Vulnerable | Ramadevarabetta, Savandurga |
Tytler’s Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus tytleri | Near-threatened | Nandi Hills |
In 2013, 204 species of birds were recorded during Bengaluru Bird Count (then called Bangalore Bird Watch) and the following list of birds (Table 4) recorded last year was not recorded this year.
Species |
Sites |
|
Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | Hoskote |
Red Spurfowl | Galloperdix spadicea | Savandurga |
Crested Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | Savandurga |
Bonelli’s Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Kasavankunte, Nandi Hills, Thattekere |
Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Hessarghatta |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo vulpinus | Hessarghatta, Nandi Hills |
Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Malathahalli |
Mottled Wood-Owl | Strix ocellata | Hulimangala |
Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | Bannerghatta Zoo |
Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus | Bangalore University Campus, Savandurga |
Eastern Orphean Warbler | Sylvia crassirostris | Hessarghatta |
Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Phylloscopus griseolus | GKVK Campus |
Large Grey Babbler | Turdoides malcolmi | Hessarghatta, Ragihalli, Valley School |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | Thattekere |
Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | Hoskote |
Bengal Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | Hoskote |
Tables 6-9 lists the most common birds in each of the zones in the order of abundance expressed as percentage lists where the bird occurs.
Species |
% Lists | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | 100 |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | 100 |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | 88.9 |
White-cheeked Barbet | Megalaima viridis | 88.9 |
Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | 77.8 |
Indian Jungle Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | 77.8 |
Rock Dove | Columba livia | 66.7 |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | 66.7 |
Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | 66.7 |
Purple-rumped Sunbird, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler | Leptocoma zeylonica, Acrocephalus dumetorum, Phylloscopus trochiloides | 55.6 |
Species |
% Lists | |
Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | 81.8 |
Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | 72.7 |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | 72.7 |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | 72.7 |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | 72.7 |
Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | 72.7 |
Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | 63.6 |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 63.6 |
Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | 63.6 |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 63.6 |
Species |
% Lists | |
Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | 90.9 |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | 81.8 |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | 77.3 |
Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | 77.3 |
Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | 68.2 |
Rock Dove | Columba livia | 68.2 |
Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | 63.6 |
Blyth’s Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | 63.6 |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | 63.6 |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | 63.6 |
Species |
% Lists | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | 81.1 |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | 62.2 |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | 59.5 |
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | 59.5 |
Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | 56.8 |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 56.8 |
Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | 56.8 |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 56.8 |
Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | 56.8 |
Eastern Cattle Egret, Barn Swallow | Bubulcus ibis, Hirundo rustica | 54.1 |
Table 10 provides the complete list of species, sorted taxonomically and the percentage of lists where it has been reported in each of the zones.
Species |
%Lists |
|
Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | 3.8 |
Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | 1.3 |
Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | 1.3 |
Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | 20.3 |
Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | 5.1 |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | 3.8 |
Garganey | Anas querquedula | 13.9 |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | 1.3 |
Gray Francolin | Francolinus pondicerianus | 20.3 |
Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica | 1.3 |
Painted Spurfowl | Galloperdix lunulata | 1.3 |
Gray Junglefowl | Gallus sonneratii | 5.1 |
Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | 5.1 |
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 24.1 |
Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | 7.6 |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | 5.1 |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | 1.3 |
Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | 8.9 |
Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | 8.9 |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | 21.5 |
Little Cormorant | Phalacrocorax niger | 32.9 |
Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | 15.2 |
Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | 7.6 |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | 32.9 |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | 26.6 |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | 11.4 |
Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia | 29.1 |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 46.8 |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | 50.6 |
Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | 55.7 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 6.3 |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | 10.1 |
Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | 17.7 |
Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | 3.8 |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | 1.3 |
Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | 15.2 |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | 5.1 |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | 15.2 |
Indian Vulture | Gyps indicus | 1.3 |
Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | 2.5 |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | 8.9 |
Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | 2.5 |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | 1.3 |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | 11.4 |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | 7.6 |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | 1.3 |
White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa | 6.3 |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | 15.2 |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | 2.5 |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | 26.6 |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | 1.3 |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | 82.3 |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | 53.2 |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | 12.7 |
Baillon’s Crake | Porzana pusilla | 2.5 |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Porzana fusca | 1.3 |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | 25.3 |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | 12.7 |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | 30.4 |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | 13.9 |
Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | 3.8 |
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | 48.1 |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | 16.5 |
Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | 6.3 |
Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | 10.1 |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | 20.3 |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | 21.5 |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | 2.5 |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | 6.3 |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | 5.1 |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | 32.9 |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | 2.5 |
Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | 7.6 |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | 7.6 |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | 2.5 |
Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | 1.3 |
Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | 1.3 |
Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | 1.3 |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | 5.1 |
River Tern | Sterna aurantia | 3.8 |
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | 49.4 |
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon | Columba elphinstonii | 1.3 |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | 1.3 |
Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | 1.3 |
Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | 50.6 |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | 21.5 |
Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | 2.5 |
Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | 3.8 |
Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | 2.5 |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | 46.8 |
Blue-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | 10.1 |
Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | 48.1 |
Rock Eagle-Owl | Bubo bengalensis | 1.3 |
Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | 12.7 |
Jerdon’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis | 1.3 |
Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | 2.5 |
Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | 1.3 |
Alpine Swift | Apus melba | 3.8 |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | 7.6 |
Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | 2.5 |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | 10.1 |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 54.4 |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | 8.9 |
Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | 45.6 |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | 3.8 |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | 1.3 |
Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | 19 |
Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | 12.7 |
Indian Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros birostris | 3.8 |
White-cheeked Barbet | Megalaima viridis | 51.9 |
Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | 34.2 |
Rufous Woodpecker | Celeus brachyurus | 1.3 |
Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | 11.4 |
White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus | 1.3 |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | 11.4 |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | 1.3 |
Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | 68.4 |
Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | 1.3 |
Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | 1.3 |
Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | 2.5 |
Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | 15.2 |
Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | 10.1 |
Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | 6.3 |
Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera | 7.6 |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | 15.2 |
Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | 8.9 |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | 3.8 |
Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | 29.1 |
Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | 2.5 |
Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | 3.8 |
Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | 53.2 |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | 20.3 |
White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | 6.3 |
Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | 1.3 |
Spot-breasted Fantail | Rhipidura albogularis | 10.1 |
White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | 3.8 |
Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | 2.5 |
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | 12.7 |
Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | 11.4 |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | 50.6 |
Indian Jungle Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | 55.7 |
Jerdon’s Bushlark | Mirafra affinis | 24.1 |
Indian Bushlark | Mirafra erythroptera | 1.3 |
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus | 10.1 |
Rufous-tailed Lark | Ammomanes phoenicura | 1.3 |
Tawny Lark | Galerida deva | 1.3 |
Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | 8.9 |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | 1.3 |
Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | 3.8 |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 45.6 |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | 8.9 |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | 17.7 |
Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | 3.8 |
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | 2.5 |
Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | 19 |
Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | 34.2 |
Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | 40.5 |
Yellow-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus xantholaemus | 2.5 |
White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | 26.6 |
Tickell’s Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis | 1.3 |
Hume’s Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | 1.3 |
Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | 22.8 |
Tytler’s Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus tytleri | 1.3 |
Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | 16.5 |
Sykes’s Warbler | Iduna rama | 7.6 |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | 2.5 |
Blyth’s Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | 50.6 |
Clamorous Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | 7.6 |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | 6.3 |
Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | 38 |
Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | 5.1 |
Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica | 2.5 |
Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | 50.6 |
Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | 16.5 |
Hume’s Whitethroat | Sylvia althaea | 3.8 |
Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | 2.5 |
Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | 13.9 |
Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | 6.3 |
Indian Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus horsfieldii | 2.5 |
Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | 8.9 |
Yellow-billed Babbler | Turdoides affinis | 21.5 |
Jungle Babbler | Turdoides striata | 5.1 |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa latirostris | 6.3 |
Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | 34.2 |
Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | 30.4 |
Tickell’s Blue-Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | 11.4 |
Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | 7.6 |
Indian Blue Robin | Larvivora brunnea | 1.3 |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | 2.5 |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | 1.3 |
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush | Monticola cinclorhynchus | 6.3 |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | 2.5 |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | 2.5 |
Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | 41.8 |
Pied Thrush | Geokichla wardii | 1.3 |
Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | 6.3 |
Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus | 2.5 |
Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | 29.1 |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | 72.2 |
Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | 12.7 |
Brahminy Starling | Temenuchus pagodarum | 3.8 |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | 19 |
Jerdon’s Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | 6.3 |
Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | 2.5 |
Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | 3.8 |
Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | 34.2 |
Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | 51.9 |
Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | 43 |
Long-billed Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius | 2.5 |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | 15.2 |
Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 15.2 |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | 1.3 |
White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla madaraspatensis | 35.4 |
Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | 21.5 |
Blyth’s Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | 3.8 |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | 6.3 |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | 1.3 |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | 1.3 |
Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | 1.3 |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 12.7 |
Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | 1.3 |
Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | 1.3 |
Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | 13.9 |
White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | 1.3 |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | – |
Table 11 provides the list of participants and the link to their checklists in eBird.
Site (with link to eBird list) |
Bird-watchers |
Agara Kere, Bangalore (link) | Ajit A, Nagaraj Narayana, Raghavendra Hinde, K.B. Srinivas, Prashanth Mugali, Srinivas Dhulipala |
Anekal Lake (Dodda Kere) (link) | Kailash Prasad, George Tom, Smitha, Anon Ray, Titash Chakrabati, Jobin Tom |
Anekal Road to Ragihalli (link) | Santosh BS, Deepa Mohan, Skanda SN, Kumudawathi Vemanna, Sailor Mani, Saandip Nandagudi, Bhaskar Babu P, Anirudh KA, Amith Kabdi, Shijo Joy, Gokul Deshpande, Murugan Krishnan, Anjana, Sindhu Karthik, Gaurav Mathur, Jayashree Govindarajan, Raghavendra, Murali |
Bangalore University Campus, Bangalore (link) | Anush Shetty, Sajeev RN, Manjusha, Sudhindra |
Bellandur Lake, Bangalore (link) | Praveen J, Bejoy Venugopal, Job K Joseph |
Bettakote Lake, Devanahalli (link) | Chris Bowden |
Bidrekere (link) | Sudhir Naik, Dhananjay Rao, Dipayan Chakraboti |
Chikkabanavara Lake (link) | Mike Prince, Atanu Mondal |
Devarabisanahalli Kere (link) | Pallavi Singh |
fields around Yadamaranahalli (link) | Garima Bhatia, Uma K, Janhvi Vyas, Suja R |
Gabbadi Kere, Bangalore (link) | Vinay Das, Sreekumar H, Evelyn Rangel |
Gabbadi Nursery (link) | Vinay Das, Sreekumar H, Evelyn Rangel |
Gadasalli Kere (link) | Garima Bhatia, Uma K, Janhvi Vyas, Suja R |
GKVK Bettahalli Forest (link) | S Subramanya, James Williams, Shrikar Venkatesh |
GKVK Botanical Gardens (link) | S Subramanya, James Williams, Shrikar Venkatesh |
GKVK Campus, Bangalore (link) | Suhel Quader, Anisha Jayadevan, Mayank Kohli, Umesh Srinivasan |
GKVK Campus, Bangalore (link) | Suhel Quader, Anisha Jayadevan, Mayank Kohli, Umesh Srinivasan |
GKVK Campus, Bangalore (link) | Suhel Quader, Anisha Jayadevan, Mayank Kohli, Umesh Srinivasan |
GKVK Dry Land (link) | S Subramanya, James Williams, Shrikar Venkatesh |
Gulak male (link) | Prashanth Badarinath, TS Srinivasa |
Gulak male kere (link) | Prashanth Badarinath, TS Srinivasa |
Haragade Lake (link) | Kailash Prasad, George Tom, Smitha, Anon Ray, Titash Chakrabati, Jobin Tom |
Harohalli Lake, Bangalore (link) | Garima Bhatia, Uma K, Janhvi Vyas, Suja R |
Hebbal Lake, Bangalore (link) | S Subramanya, James Williams, Shrikar Venkatesh |
Hennagara Lake (link) | Amith Kumar, Gowri Shankar |
Hennagara Lake (link) | Sudhir Naik, Dhananjay Rao, Dipayan Chakraboti |
Hennagara Lake (link) | Kailash Prasad, George Tom, Smitha, Anon Ray, Titash Chakrabati, Jobin Tom |
Hesaraghatta–Hesaraghatta Grassland (link) | Mike Prince, Atanu Mondal |
Hesaraghatta–Mathkur Area (link) | Mike Prince, Atanu Mondal |
Hessarghatta Lake, Bangalore (link) | Mike Prince, Atanu Mondal, Chris Bowden |
Hosakerehalli Lake (link) | Amith Kumar, Gowri Shankar |
Hoskote Lake, Bangalore (link) | Chandra Sekhar Bandi, Boppanna Pattada, Naina Lal |
Hoskote Lake, Bangalore (link) | Praveen J, Fauzia Arief |
Hulimangala, Bangalore (link) | Kailash Prasad, George Tom, Smitha, Anon Ray, Titash Chakrabati, Jobin Tom |
Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore (link) | S Subramanya, James Williams, Shrikar Venkatesh |
Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain Park, Bangalore (link) | Tara Gandhi, Anahita Ananth |
Jaipurdoddi (link) | Geetanjali Dhar, Subir Dhar, Murali Krishna, Kumar and other participants of 3rd Sunday outing |
Jayanagar housing society layout, 207 (link) | Ashwini Kumar Bhat |
Jigani Lake (link) | Kailash Prasad, George Tom, Smitha, Anon Ray, Titash Chakrabati, Jobin Tom |
Kaggalahalli Kere, Bangalore (link) | Vinay Das, Sreekumar H, Evelyn Rangel |
Kaikondanahalli Kere, Bangalore (link) | Vijay Ramachandran, Ravi Viswanathan |
Kaikondanahalli Kere, Bangalore (link) | Ajit A, Nagaraj Narayana, Raghavendra Hinde, K.B. Srinivas, Prashanth Mugali, Srinivas Dhulipala |
Kakolu Lake (link) | S Subramanya, James Williams, Shrikar Venkatesh |
Kodipalya (link) | Maya Ramaswamy |
Kogilu Kere, Bangalore (link) | Sachin Shurpali, Guruprasad Timmapur, |
Lalbagh, Bangalore (link) | Prashanth Badarinath |
Lalbagh, Bangalore (link) | Prashanth Badarinath |
Lalbagh, Bangalore (link) | Prashanth Badarinath |
Lalbagh, Bangalore (link) | Prashanth Badarinath |
Lalbagh, Bangalore (link) | Prashanth Badarinath |
Lalbagh, Bangalore (link) | Prashanth Badarinath |
Lalbagh, Bangalore (link) | Rahul Matmari |
Madhure Kere, Bangalore (link) | S Subramanya, James Williams, Shrikar Venkatesh |
Madhure Kere, Bangalore (link) | Mike Prince, Atanu Mondal |
Madivala Lake, Bangalore (link) | Kailash Prasad, George Tom, Smitha, Anon Ray, Titash Chakrabati, Jobin Tom |
Muthanallur Lake, Bangalore (link) | Ajit A, Nagaraj Narayana, Raghavendra Hinde, K.B. Srinivas, Prashanth Mugali, Srinivas Dhulipala |
Muthyalamaduvu (link) | Kailash Prasad, George Tom, Smitha, Anon Ray, Titash Chakrabati, Jobin Tom |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (link) | Sachin Shurpali, Guruprasad Timmapur, Inder Ravindra |
National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore (link) | Suhel Quader |
near Kanakapura (link) | Garima Bhatia, Uma K, Janhvi Vyas, Suja R |
Puttenhalli Lake (Puttakere) (link) | Gopinath Subbarao, Usha Rajagopalan |
Ragihalli Forest Strech (link) | Sudhir Naik, Dhananjay Rao, Dipayan Chakraboti |
Ragihalli Lake (link) | Santosh BS, Deepa Mohan, Skanda SN, Kumudawathi Vemanna, Sailor Mani, Saandip Nandagudi, Bhaskar Babu P, Anirudh KA, Amith Kabdi, Shijo Joy, Gokul Deshpande, Murugan Krishnan, Anjana, Sindhu Karthik, Gaurav Mathur, Jayashree Govindarajan, Raghavendra, Murali |
Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore (link) | Suhel Quader |
Ramadevarabetta, Ramanagaram (link) | Anush Shetty, Sajeev RN, Manjusha, Sudhindra |
Ramakrishna Mission School (link) | Geetanjali Dhar, Subir Dhar, Murali Krishna, Kumar and other participants of 3rd Sunday outing |
Rampura-Kalkere Lake, Bangalore (link) | Chandra Sekhar Bandi |
Rampura-Kalkere Lake, Bangalore (link) | Praveen J, Fauzia Arief |
Ravagodlu Betta, Bangalore (link) | Vinay Das, Sreekumar H, Evelyn Rangel |
Road Passing through Ragihalli State Forest (link) | Geetanjali Dhar, Subir Dhar, Murali Krishna, Kumar and other participants of 3rd Sunday outing |
Road to Lotus Pond (link) | Santosh BS, Deepa Mohan, Skanda SN, Kumudawathi Vemanna, Sailor Mani, Saandip Nandagudi, Bhaskar Babu P, Anirudh KA, Amith Kabdi, Shijo Joy, Gokul Deshpande, Murugan Krishnan, Anjana, Sindhu Karthik, Gaurav Mathur, Jayashree Govindarajan, Raghavendra, Murali |
Savandurga State Forest, Bangalore (link) | Sandilya Theukeruf, Thejaswi Shivanand |
Shashikant’s House (link) | Geetanjali Dhar, Subir Dhar, Murali Krishna, Kumar and other participants of 3rd Sunday outing |
Shivana Kere area (behind the Valley School) (link) | Maya Ramaswamy |
Shivanahalli, Bangalore (link) | Sudhir Naik, Dhananjay Rao, Dipayan Chakraboti |
TG Halli Reservoir, Bangalore (link) | Dipu Karuthedathu, Vignesh Menon, Hrishikesh More, Thomas Job |
Totti kallu (link) | Prashanth Badarinath, TS Srinivasa |
Totti kallu (link) | Prashanth Badarinath, TS Srinivasa |
Vadhera halli Lake (link) | Santosh BS, Deepa Mohan, Skanda SN, Kumudawathi Vemanna, Sailor Mani, Saandip Nandagudi, Bhaskar Babu P, Anirudh KA, Amith Kabdi, Shijo Joy, Gokul Deshpande, Murugan Krishnan, Anjana, Sindhu Karthik, Gaurav Mathur, Jayashree Govindarajan, Raghavendra, Murali |
Valley School, Bangalore (link) | Santosh BS, Deepa Mohan, Skanda SN, Kumudawathi Vemanna, Sailor Mani, Saandip Nandagudi, Bhaskar Babu P, Anirudh KA, Amith Kabdi, Shijo Joy, Gokul Deshpande, Murugan Krishnan, Anjana, Sindhu Karthik, Gaurav Mathur, Jayashree Govindarajan, Raghavendra, Murali |
Valley School, Bangalore (link) | Vinay Das, Sreekumar H, Evelyn Rangel |
Valley School, Bangalore (link) | Garima Bhatia, Uma K, Janhvi Vyas, Suja R |
water body outside Kanakapura (link) | Garima Bhatia, Uma K, Janhvi Vyas, Suja R |
Yellamalappa Shetty Lake, Bangalore (link) | Chandra Sekhar Bandi, Bopanna Pattada |
Below are the links to the data files for anybody interested in further analysis.
Sir I am a birdwatcher from Kolkata, west bengal. I shall be visiting Bengaluru during august 24 to sept 1and my place of stay will be near Meenakshi mall, bannerghatta road. May I get there any help of any person there for accompany and guide me in birding there on any days. Pls let me know if possible.