January 2025 eBirding Challenge

Alpine Accentor perched on a snowy landscape in Uttarakhand, photographed by Rima Dhillon.

This January, join birders across India in celebrating wetlands and their unique inhabitants through the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC). The challenge is designed to deepen our understanding of wetland birds and their conservation while continuing our eBirding adventures.

The eBird-India challenge for this month is to upload a minimum of 31 complete checklists! At least 2 checklists should be from 2 different wetlands. The remaining 29 lists can be from any habitat.

Important Criteria:

Remember to add ‘wetland‘ in your checklist comments.
Share your checklists with fellow eBirders (if applicable) and with the eBird username: awcindia
Each checklist must be complete, include species counts (no ‘X’), and have a duration of at least 15 minutes or more.

Please upload all your checklists by 10 February 2025.

Note: A wetland can be any waterbody, such as a small marsh, lake, pond, or similar habitat.

If you’d like to participate in the Asian Waterbird Census, please note the additional criteria outlined under ‘How.’

Here are the general rules of our monthly challenges. And check out the yearlong challenges for 2025 (coming soon) as well! You can keep track of fresh lists coming in from India on this page.

Header Image: Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris © Rima Dhillon / Macaulay Library

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