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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

1 million photos & 1 million lists

In the last ten years, the eBird community in India has grown tremendously. One of the landmark birding events in the country, the Great Backyard Bird Count...

May 2021 eBirding Challenge

May may not be a great month for birding in India but it is the peak breeding season for most birds across the country. This month's challenge involves...

March 2021 eBirders of the Month

Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in March by-the-numbers (with the previous month in brackets)...

Birder Profile: Srinila Mahesh

Birder Profile

Srinila Mahesh is a researcher and an eBirder based in Malappuram, Kerala. Her favorite group of birds is owls. Here is more about her and how she started...

Birder Profile: Irshad Thebha

Birder Profile

For Irshad Theba, an interesting childhood incident sparked a life-long tryst with birds. Here is more about him and how he started his journey in birding. 1....

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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.