Bird Atlas
News & Updates, Projects

Pulicat Bird Atlas

For the first time in Pulicat’s history, birding communities and birdwatchers from across India are coming together in a unified effort to conduct this long-term bird atlas project.

A Plain Prinia perched on a dry twig with its tail raised, against a soft blue sky background. The text "Pulicat Bird Atlas" appears to the left of the bird.
Projects

Hyderabad Bird Atlas

The Hyderabad Bird Atlas (HBA) is a citizen science project aimed at systematically documenting bird species in and around the city of Hyderabad.

hydrebad bird atlas logo
Projects

Ahmedabad Bird Atlas

The Ahmedabad City Bird Atlas, initiated by Ahmedabad University in collaboration with the Bird Conservation Society Gujarat, kicks off on 1 December 2024. This citizen science survey is the first of its kind in Gujarat and aims to map the city's bird diversity.

Poster advertising Ahmedabad City Bird Atlas starting on 1 Dec 2024 in Ahmedabad. Gujarat
Patterns and Analysis, Projects

Coimbatore City Bird Atlas Feb-Mar 2020 Report

Coimbatore City Bird Atlas (CCBA) is a citizen science project to map the distribution and abundance of birds of the Coimbatore city using field surveys between 2020 and 2022. The city was gridded and divided into thirty-seven, 3.3 km x 3.3 km cells. Each cell is a...

Projects

Coimbatore City Bird Atlas

This citizen science project is aimed to understand the distribution and abundance of birds of the Coimbatore City through a systematic survey. This work closely follows the already completed Mysore city Bird Atlas and the ongoing Kerala Bird Atlas. Technical...

Projects

Pune Bird Atlas

NEW: We are happy to resume the birding for Pune Bird Atlas (PBA). Please familiarize yourself with the protocol for PBA. You can keep track of progress on the project dashboard. We aim to survey the grids in orange colour  (January 2021 onwards). Watch this space...

News & Updates, Projects

Kerala Bird Atlas starts today

For the first time in the India, a planned and systematic atlassing effort at the State level is getting underway. The Kerala Bird Atlas effort is expected to take 5 years to complete. Roughly one out of every ten kilometre squares will be surveyed once each in...

Projects

Kerala Bird Atlas

Project Completed View/Download An Atlas of the Birds of Kerala (archive.org) Kerala Bird Atlas: Features, outcomes and implications (Current Science)  Kerala Bird Atlas: Features & Insights (Analysis Report) Download District Brochures (Printable) Kasaragod,...

Patterns and Analysis, Projects

Mysore city bird atlas — a pioneering effort!

When assessing the status and distribution of birds across a given region (eg, a city, district or even an entire country), one very useful approach is to construct a bird atlas. In such an atlas, relevant information (eg species occurrence and abundance, and...

Projects

Mysore Bird Atlas

Update, Sept 2019: a paper on some broad findings of the Atlas has been published in Indian Birds journal. Download pdf here. The maps and other results shown in the paper may differ slightly from what is depicted on this web page. In any such cases, please take...