The report further highlights that the endemic birds of the Western Ghats have rapidly declined over the past few decades. While the reasons behind this decline are not clear, some possibilities include declining forest habitat, a reduction in food such as insects within the rainforests, and perturbations in weather and phenology induced by climate change.
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March 01, 2021 20:39 IST
Largely seen as a bird of Peninsular India, the species is found in pockets that combine hills and scrublands. In its range, why does this bird skip many terrains that match this description?
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A male and female Painted Spurfowl at Natham-Vallapakkam range in Vellore. Photo: Rama Neelamegam
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Largely seen as a bird of Peninsular India, the species is found in pockets that combine hills and scrublands. In its range, why does this bird skip many terrains that match this description?
Three bitter phasianidae realities birders from Peninsular India have to swallow.
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March 03, 2021 16:47 IST
Birders collected data from 133 locations in 3 districts; 55 non-resident birds kept their annual tryst with the area
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Bar-headed Goose were sighted in large numbers during the single-day bird census conducted in January in Mysuru-Mandya-Chamarajanagar belt. | Photo Credit:
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Birders collected data from 133 locations in 3 districts; 55 non-resident birds kept their annual tryst with the area
In all, 204 bird species were recorded in Mysuru-Mandya-Chamarajanagar belt during the single-day winter bird monitoring programme for 2020-21 held in January this year.
The birders collected data from 133 locations in the 3 districts and the 204 bird species included 55 non-resident birds that kept their annual tryst with the region.
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The voluntary initiative has been on since 1990s
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Lingambudhi lake in Mysuru is one of the areas where bird census will be conducted on Sunday. | Photo Credit:
M.A. SRIRAM
The voluntary initiative has been on since 1990s
Scores of birders will embark on the mid-winter water fowl census covering nearly 150 waterbodies spread across Mysuru-Mandya-Chamarajanagar belt on Sunday.
This is the longest running voluntary effort entailing bird census in vogue since the 1990s in Karnataka and has helped create a robust database of bird population and number of species present that comes to roost in the landscape.