Kerala gets its first ever scientific bird atlas.

About Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA)

• The KBA has been prepared based on systematic surveys held twice over 60 days a year during the wet (July to September) and dry (January to March) seasons between 2015 and 2020.
• It was conducted as a citizen science-driven exercise with the participation of over 1,000 volunteers of the birdwatching community.
• The KBA accounts for nearly three lakh records of 361 species, including 94 very rare species, 103 rare species, 110 common species, 44 very common species, and 10 most abundant species.
• It was found that the species count was higher during the dry season than in the wet season while species richness and evenness were higher in the northern and central districts than in the southern districts.