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State of India’s Birds

The State of India’s Birds 2020 (SoIB 2020) is a first-of-its-kind collaborative effort that evaluates the overall...

Birds of the World is now free for birders in India!

We are delighted to inform you that Bird Count India (BCI) has partnered with The Cornell Lab of Ornithology to...

Tadoba’s Women Birding Squad

Tadoba's Women Birding Squad Written by Pooja Pawar “Oh, this bird appears so close”; “such bright colours and so...

Animated Migration Maps

Enabled by the observations of 1000s of birdwatchers around the world

March 2021 eBirding Challenge

February produced some excitement among birdwatchers especially with Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and Campus Bird Count (CBC). Here is a preliminary...

Sálim Ali Bird Count 2020 — Results

Summary: The Sálim Ali Bird Count (SABC) is a birding event initiated by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in 2018 to commemorate the birth...

How to practice bird identification with digital tools

In this brief post, we will describe how you can use free online tools to brush up on bird identification, and then test your skills through a customized...

Birder Profile: Malyasri Bhattacharya

Birder Profile

Malyasri is an ardent birdwatcher and her passion for birds can be seen in her paintings using various substrates (See below). Here is more about Malyasri and...

Bird Atlases

A bird atlas is a citizen science project intended to map the distribution and abundance of a region’s birds. In an atlas project, the region of interest is typically divided into cells that are often subdivided into smaller cells, a design that can ensure uniform sampling in space by volunteer birdwatchers.