Kerala Bird Atlas

Why is it in News?
  • Over 1000 birders worked together to create Kerala Bird Atlas for 5 years.
Details:
  • It is the largest project of its kind in Asia.
  • It is conducted jointly by Kerala Agriculture University, Bird Count India and supported by Kerala Forest Department.
  • It maps the distribution and abundance of birds of an entire Indian state for the first time.
  • Kerala has the distinction of having six bird monitoring schemes, which includes recording common birds, heronries, water birds, pelagic (sea) birds, and forest birds.
Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 13th Oct 2020
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