March 14, 2024

Birds of South Asia – Species Maps

A simple species map is quite useful to convey the distribution of a bird quickly. They have been used extensively in printed books and field guides. This page has such maps for 450 resident species and 70 migratory species, entirely generated out of eBird data.

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  • Buntings (Emberizidae)
    • Godlewski’s Bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
    • Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
    • Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
    • Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
    • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)

    Coming soon

    • Coverage for all the species found in the Indian subcontinent.
    • Maps in different scales, with coarse or fine polygons.
    • Downloadable shapefiles for all the map.
    • Addition of specific historical (specimen) records
    • A tool to generate and customise these maps.
    • A github repository link for collaborators.

     

    Version 1.1: Released on 12 March 2024. Data download till  31 May 2023.

    Recommended Attribution: Created by Bird Count India from eBird data. Website URL: https://birdcount.in/speciesmaps/. Accessed on 2024-04-27.

    The contents of this page are made available under a CC BY license

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