Summary Report. Summer Bird Count. Under the Common Bird Monitoring Programme of the Bmbay Natural History Society

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1 Summary Report On Summer Bird Count (9 th to 16 th April 2017) Under the Common Bird Monitoring Programme of the Bmbay Natural History Society Recommended Citation Dudhe, N., Kasambe, R., and Rane, H. (2017) Report of the Summer bird count April-2017 under the Common Bird Monitoring Programme. Indian Bird Conservation Network and Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai. Pp.28. 1

2 Introduction Common Bird Monitoring is a Citizen Science Programme. Objectives of the programme are to involve more and more people to observe birds which are in their backyard or where they visit regularly. There are several existing good initiatives where people are recording birds. We need to be able to accurately monitor trends in common birds. Consequently, we have starting a Common Bird Monitoring Programme in India. The bird count will be organized three times in a year. Each site should be surveyed thrice a year; it must cover monsoon (September), winter (January) and summer (April). Counts should ideally start around 7 a.m., and not later than 9 a.m. This summer, bird count was held from 9 th - 16 th April Grids were plotted on the map of Maharashtra with the help of GIS software. The grids were distributed amongst all birdwatcher across Maharashtra. The size of each gird was 2X2 km. Area. A checklist was provided on the IBCN website and the participants were requested to download and record their sightings in the checklist. The complete list of all species spotted (ideally observed by individuals) was submitted through by each participant or team. The participants responded very well with the count of birds across Maharashtra. This Common Bird Monitoring is a Citizen Science initiative, which is an association of many organizations and are partners in this programme. It was also suggested to the participants that similar surveys has to be conducted throughout the year in this place/grid for longer durations to make it more meaningful. We also requested that the Counts will be more productive at dawn/during sunrise (7 to 9 am), as birds are generally quiet and inactive during the middle of the day. Citizen Science is the best way to collect data on a nation-wide scale. We requested bird watchers to participate in this Summer Bird Count through media, social networking sites, Google groups and other modes of communications. 2

3 Results The count concluded with a record of birds. Observations were recorded by birdwatchers in 13 districts of Maharashtra. These include Nagpur, Kolhapur, Dhule, Pune, Jalgaon, Mumbai, Yawatmal, Washim, Amravati, Bhandara, Sindhudurg, Latur and Usmanabad. A total of 189 species were recorded through 56 checklists (which were received). Out of the total count Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) was recorded the highest count among all species with 1518 sightings followed by Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 1510 sightings, House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 1275 sightings, Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) 1072 sightings, House Crow (Corvus splendens) 689 sightings, Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis ) 637 sightings, and Laughing Dove (Little Brown Dove) Streptopelia senegalensis 636 sightings. Sr. No. Map of Maharashtra (Green pointer showing the location of Grid) Table: - List of 22 commonest bird species which were recorded in Maharashtra Name of Species Scientific Name Total Species count 1 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Rock Pigeon Columba livia House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri House Crow Corvus splendens 689 3

4 Red-vented Bulbul Rock Pigeon House Sparrow Rose-ringed Parakeet House Crow Common Myna Laughing Dove (Little Brown Indian Robin Jungle Babbler Baya Weaver (Indian Weaver) Eastern Cattle Egret Brahminy Starling (Brahminy Ashy Prinia Black Drongo Little Green Bee-eater Common Babbler Large Grey Babbler Black Kite Indian Jungle Crow ( Large- Asian Pied Starling (Pied Myna) Asian Koel Indian Peafowl 6 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Laughing Dove (Little Brown Dove) Streptopelia senegalensis Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata Baya Weaver (Indian Weaver) Ploceus p. philippinus Bubulcus coromandus or Bubulcus Eastern Cattle Egret ibis Brahminy Starling (Brahminy Myna) Sturnia pagodarum Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi or Argya malcolmi Black Kite Milvus migrans Indian Jungle Crow ( Large-billed) Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus Asian Pied Starling (Pied Myna) Gracupica contra Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Total Species count Total Graph showing the total count of Common bird species across Maharashtra. Table: - List of species which were recorded (more than 100 individuals). 4

5 Sr. No. Name of Species Scientific Name Total Species count 1 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Rock Pigeon Columba livia House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri House Crow Corvus splendens Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Laughing Dove (Little Brown Dove) Streptopeliasene galensis Indian Robin Copsychusfu licatus Jungle Babbler Turdoidesstriata Baya Weaver (Indian Weaver) Ploceus p. philippinus Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcuscoromandus or Bubulcus ibis Brahminy Starling (BrahminyMyna) Sturniapagodarum Little Egret Egretta garzetta Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger Ashy Prinia Priniaso cialis Black Drongo Dicrurusma crocercus Little Green Bee-eater Meropsorientalis Indian Silverbill (White throated Munia) Euodicema labarica Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi or Argyamalcolmi Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Red Avadavat Amandava amandava Little Pratincole ( small) Glareola lactea Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Black Kite Milvus migrans Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Indian Jungle Crow ( Large-billed) Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus Eurasian Collared- Dove Streptopelia decaocto Asian Pied Starling (Pied Myna) Gracupica contra Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica [part] 111 5

6 38 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Ashy-crowned Sparrow- Lark Eremopterix griseus 105 Table: - Species recorded during summer bird count 6 Sr. No Name of Species Scientific Name Total Species count 1 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Rock Pigeon Columba livia House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri House Crow Corvus splendens Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Laughing Dove (Little Brown Dove) Streptopelia senegalensis Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata Baya Weaver (Indian Weaver) Ploceus p. philippinus Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus or Bubulcus ibis Brahminy Starling (BrahminyMyna) Sturnia pagodarum Little Egret Egretta garzetta Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Indian Silverbill (White throated Munia) Euodice malabarica Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Indian Spot-billed Anas poecilorhyncha Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi or Argya malcolmi Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Red Avadavat (Munia) Amandava amandava Little Pratincole ( small) Glareola lactea Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Black Kite Milvus migrans 133

7 30 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Indian Jungle Crow ( Large-billed) Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus Eurasian Collared- Dove Streptopelia decaocto Asian Pied Starling (Pied Myna) Gracupica contra Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica [part] Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Ashy-crowned Sparrow- Lark Eremopterix griseus Coppersmith Barbet 44 Long-tailed Shrike (Rufuous backed shrike Xantholaema haemacephala or Megalaima haemacephala Lanius schach Oriental Magpie- Robin Copsychus saularis Dusky Crag- Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis parroti Black-headed Munia [Chestnut Munia, Tricoloured Munia] Lonchura malacca Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Indian House Swift (House Swift) Apus affinis Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura Indian-bush Lark Mirafra erythroptera Indian Black Ibis (Red-naped Ibis) Pseudibis papillosa Rosy Starling Pastor roseus Yellow-footed Green- Pigeon Treron p. phoenicopterus Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica White-throated Kingfisher (White Breasted Kingfisher) Halcyon smyrnensis Plain Prinia Prinia inornata Pied bush Chat Saxicola caprata Indian Cormorant (Indian shag) Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Black headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

8 67 Sykes's Lark Galerida deva Red Collared Dove (Red Turtle Dove) Streptopelia tranquebarica Garganey Anas querquedula Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Lesser Whistling duck Dendrocygna javanica River Tern Sterna aurantia Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Shikra Accipiter badius White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Little Grebe Tachybaptus rufficollis Temminick's Stint Calidris temminckii Brown Rock - Chat Oenanthe fusca Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris Spotted Owlet Athene brama Black-winged Kite (Black Shouldered Kite) Scaly-breasted Munia ( Spotted Munia) Elanus caeruleus 29 Lonchura punctulata Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus Bulbul species Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus Swallow, species White-browed Wagtail (Large Pied Wagtail) Motacilla maderaspatensis Little Stint Calidris minuta Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Ruddy Shelduck Duck (Brahminy Duck) 97 Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus 98 Common Stone Chat (Siberian Stonechat) Tadorna ferruginea 21 Saxicola maurus Munia species cotton Teal or Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Great Egret Ardea alba White Wagtail Motacilla alba

9 103 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Swift spp Northern Pintail Anas acuta Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Barred Button Quail Turnix suscitator Indian Roller Coracias b. benghalensis Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Woolly-necked Stork Ciconiaepiscopus Ciconia episcopus Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Crested Lark Galerida cristata Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Black-headed CuckooShrike Coracina melanoptera Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata Common Hoopoe or Eurasian Hoopoe Chestnut-tailed Starling or Greyheaded Starling Upupa epops 10 Sturnia malabarica Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus (speciosus) Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Cinereous Tit ( great tit) Parus cinereus Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica Common Swift Apus apus Duck sp Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agile gallinule/moorhen/coot sp Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus Lark, species. 6 9

10 141 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Little Tern Sterna albifrons Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Unknown species Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Common Pochard Aythya ferina Brown Rock -chat /Indian Chat Cercomela Fusca Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa Siberian Chiffchaff (Common Chiffchaff) Phylloscopus [collybita] tristis Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Cuckoo species Red necked falcon Falco chicquera Oriental Honey - Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Southern Coucal Centropus [sinensis] parroti Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Striated Heron (Little Heron) Butorides striata Greater Short-toed Lark (Short-toed Lark) Calandrella brachydactyla Pipit species Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yellow- crowned Woodpecker (Mahratta Woodpecker) Dendrocopos mahrattensis Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica White-eared Bulbul (White-browed ) Pycnonotus leucotis Common Hawk - Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 1 10

11 179 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Clamorous reed - Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Lesser Golden-Back Woodpecker (Black rumped flameback) Dinopium benghalense chestnut billed sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus 1 Table: - Checklists received from following district Sr. No. District Number of Checklist received 1 Nagpur 5 2 Kolhapur 7 3 Dhule 6 4 Pune 1 5 Jalgaon Mumbai 3 7 Yawatmal 3 8 Washim 1 9 Amravati 7 10 Bhandara 3 11 Sindhudurg 2 12 Latur 1 13 Usmanabad 7 Total 56 Table:- List of Participants of Common Bird Monitoring Programme (Summer Bird Count 9 th to 16 th April 2017): Sr. No. Name of observer District 1. Ms. Shilpa Gadgil Jalgaon 2. Mr. RajendraGadgil Jalgaon 3. Mr.LaxmikantNewe Jalgaon 11

12 4. Mr. Sameer Neve Jalgaon 5. Mr. Madan Tillu Mumbai 6. Mr. Prachi Tillu Mumbai 7. Mr. Mahesh Sanjgiri Mumbai 8. Ms. Salima Kadir Mumbai 9. Mr. Amey P Paranjape Pune 10. Mr. Manoj Dolare Usmanabad 11. Mr. Jayraj Khochare Usmanabad 12. Mr. Abhishek Shahapurkar Usmanabad 13. Mr. Netaji Rathod Usmanabad 14. Mr. Abhishek Shahapurkar Usmanabad 15. Mr. Pradip Gore Usmanabad 16. Mr. Prafulla Gawande Yavatmal 17. Mr. Praveen Joshi Yavatmal 18. Mr. Deepak Dabhere Yavatmal 19. Mr. Jayant Atre Yavatmal 20. Mr. Sagar Patil Nagpur 21. Mr. Omkar Sardar Nagpur 22. Ms. Rutuja Okle Nagpur 23. Mr. Sameer H. Shendre Nagpur 24. Ms. Rutuja Kukade Nagpur 25. Ms. Shivani Tingse Nagpur 26. Mr. Swapnil Wankhede Bhandara 27. Mr. Swapnil M. Dhargave Bhandara 28. Mr. Nilay Nagdeve Bhandara 29. Mr. Kiran More Amravati 30. Mr. Sukrut chaudhari Amravati 31. Mr. Sarvesh marathe Amravati 32. Mr. Ruturaj mungse Amravati 33. Mr. Atul Vibhandik Dhule 34. Mr. Sandeep Bagal, Dhule 35. Mr. Vinod Bhagwat Dhule 36. Ms. K V Bhagwat Dhule 37. Mr. Pranav More Dhule 38. Mr. Nitin Mahale Dhule 39. Mr. Manisha Patil Dhule 40. Mr. Yuraj Patil Kolhapur 41. Mr. Pramod Kumbre Kolhapur 42. Mr. Ganesh Margaj Sindhudurg 43. Ms. Ashwini Joshi Sindhudurg 44. Mr. Milind Sawdekar Washim 12

13 45. Mr. NileshSarnaik Washim 46. Mr. Akshay Khandare Washim 47. Mr. Pawan Shikhare Washim 48. Mr. Chand Manjare, Washim 49. Mr. ArbagUdiwale Washim 50. Mr. Rahul Jawale Latur Mr. BalkrishnaVaruthe and Kolhapur 51. team( Ichalkaranji ) 52. Mr. BalkrishnaVaruthe and Kolhapur team( Ichalkaranji ) Mr. BalkrishnaVaruthe and Kolhapur 53. team( Ichalkaranji ) Mr. BalkrishnaVaruthe and Kolhapur 54. team( Ichalkaranji ) Mr. BalkrishnaVaruthe and Kolhapur 55. team( Ichalkaranji ) 56. Mr. BalkrishnaVaruthe and team( Ichalkaranji ) Kolhapur Media coverage: The Count received good response and coverage from the media. Following are the links of newspapers and snap shots of the articles published in various newspapers. E-pao ncements&sub1=ann_2017_institute_of_mental_health_tezpur_2012_ &ch=education&sub1 =Education_Announcements&sub2=Edn_Ann_ Forever News Punekar News 13

14 Indian Express Times of India Pune Indian24 News News Magazine shafaqna.com News Boss Indian Lokmat Mumbai (Clipping attached) bai&width=209px 14

15 Figure 1 - Sakaal - Aurangabad - summer bird count under CBMP - April 12, 2017 Figure 2: NayiDuniya - Bird count for summer under CBMP - April 12, 2017 News from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Link 15

16 Figure 3Tarun Bharat - Bird count for summer under CBMP - April 12, 2017 Figure 4MT Maharashtra Times, Mumbai - Bird count under CBMP - April 08,

17 Figure 5MT Maharashtra Times, Jalgaon - Bird count under CBMP - April 08, 2017 Figure 6: Lokmat - Mumbai - Bird count under CBMP - April 11,

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21 21 Daily Sanchar newspaper from Usmanabad. Dt. April 8, 2017

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26 Photo Galary Common bird monitoring program, summer season, Agriculture area, Tandalwadi to Mangalwagi. Raver Maharashtra April 23, Usmanabad team members Prof. Manoj Dolar 26

27 Team members of Watsagulm Biodiversity Conservation Society, Washim, Team from New Chawre, Kolhapur, Mr. Yuvraj Patil 27

28 Amravati team members, Dist. Coordinator Mr. Kiran More, Mr. Saurabh Jawanjal, Mr. Vishal Gawali Wild Kokan Organisation, Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg District, and Maharashtra. Team members Dr. Ganesh Margaj, Prof. Dhirendra Holikar, and Mr. Subhash Puranik 28