common bird monitoring program -2014
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Common Bird Monitoring Program -2014
Results
Find answers to these questions
What are our common birds ?
Are they doing well?
What habitats are good and what habitats are bad ?
Are their numbers changing across years ?
Why are their numbers changing ?
Are there relationship between two species ? Positive (Koel & Crows) or Negative (Babblers) ?
Need special attention to any species / groups ?
Involve public. Impact education through CBMP
Introduction to CBMP
Kerala Forest Department – Social Forestry Green Partners Program
Use
Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) Dates
Pan Kerala - Involve all Green Partners (GP)
Limited to non-forest areas
Identify Regional Coordinators amongst GP
Invite new birders to participate via training
Automated submissions from Kerala towards Big Bird Day (BBD) & GBBC
Strategy14-17Feb
Publish Methodology to all GP
Media Publicity◦ Electronic & Newspapers◦ Center Page in Vidhya of Mathrubhoomi
Prepare Centralised Training Material on◦ eBird Introduction◦ Bird Identification
Workshops in all district HQs
Mobilise regular bird-watchers
Pre-Survey Planning
Create eBird Account
Watch birds around ur home/workplace
List species seen and their numbers
Each list strictly 15 minute duration
Submit in eBird by selecting the location
Mark the species seen & their numbers
Submit at least 3 lists in 4 days.
Survey Methodology
Sorted lists based on districts
Assigned lists to district reviewers
Reviewers identified data quality issues◦ Location Imprecise, Likely Misidentification, Wrong Protocol,
Unlikely number etc.
Reviewers mailed/called the observer for clarification / correction
Analysed data at state level & cell level◦ Cell size is 15’ x 15’ (15’ = 0.25 degrees ~ 27km)
Post-Survey Analysis
Results Overview
District Wise List Distribution
Thrissur19%
Ernakulam17%
Kannur16%
Kozhikode10%
Alappuzha8%
Thiruvananthapuram6%
Malappuram6%
Others17%
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List Density
No of Lists
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Species Density
Species Density – House Crow
Species Comparison: Bulbuls
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Species Comparison: Babblers
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Species Comparison: Koel & Crows
Participants
No of Accepted Lists Participants
No of Accepted Lists
Premchand Reghuvaran 40 salim ei 13VINOD KUMAR P.K. 25 NANDANA V KUMAR 12hari kumar 20 Sivakumar AK 12MSSRF Bioview 17 Jafer Palot 11chithrabhanu pakaravoor 16 Jyothi Krishnan 11Jacob Thomas 15 vijesh vallikunnu 11jayaprakash m t 15 Devika V S 10Sreekumar E R 15 Soni Nambiar 10
Top Participants
Backup Slides for Discussion
District No of Accepted Lists Non-compliant Lists No. of speciesAlappuzha 53 46 134Ernakulam 110 43 158Idukki 13 17 158Kannur 105 25 112Kasargod 13 9 57Kollam 4 27 67Kottayam 9 17 94Kozhikode 66 33 116Malappuram 40 16 119Palakkad 21 22 127Pathanamthitta 24 78 75Thiruvananthapuram 42 58 97Thrissur 127 50 143Wayanad 29 14 110
District-wise Participation
Protocol No of ListseBird - Casual Observation 31eBird - Exhaustive Area Count 68eBird - Stationary Count 679eBird - Traveling Count 347eBird Random Location Count 6
Methodology/Protocol
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No of Species vs No of Lists65%
No of Species
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No of species vs No of lists in a cell
House Crow
Common Myna
Asian Koel
Rock Pigeon
Rufous Treepie
White-cheeked Barbet
Black Drongo
White-throated Kingfisher
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Indian Pond-Heron
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Large-billed Crow
Greater Coucal
Cattle Egret
Brahminy Kite
Black Kite
Jungle Babbler
Red-vented Bulbul
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Little Cormorant
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Black-rumped Flameback
White-breasted Waterhen
Black-hooded Oriole
Little Egret
Green Bee-eater
Spotted Dove
Common Kingfisher
10 100 1000Intermediate Egret
Indian Golden Oriole
Common Tailorbird
Yellow-billed Babbler
Purple Sunbird
Great Egret
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-wattled Lapwing
Shikra
Long-billed Sunbird
Oriental Darter
Purple Heron
Jungle Owlet
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Whiskered Tern
Jungle Myna
Ashy Drongo
Blyth's Reed-Warbler
House Sparrow
Barn Swallow
Brown Shrike
Nutmeg Mannikin
Black-shouldered Kite
Puff-throated Babbler
Crested Hawk-Eagle
Ruddy-breasted Crake
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Salim Ali Birth Anniversary◦ Kerala Bird Race – Sunday near 12th November
Induchoodan Anusmaranam◦ June 14th
Wildlife Week Celebrations◦ October 2nd – 8th
Vacations◦ Onam (Aug / Sep)◦ Christmas (Dec last week)◦ Summer (April – May)
Birding Events
Total Area:38, 863 sq.km Non-Forest Area: 27, 554 sq.km
◦ Grid 15’ x 15’ 35 cells, 700 lists◦ Grid 10’ x 10’ 80 cells, 1600 lists◦ Grid 5’ x 5’ 322 cells, 6440 lists◦ Grid 2.5’ x 2.5’ 1300 cells, 26000 lists◦ Grid 1.5’ x 1.5’ 3580 cells, 71600 lists
# Lists in CBMP 1122<F, S, S, M ><03, 03,16, 03 > => 25 lists[750 lists from 30 people]
Some Statistics60’=1º~111km
20 lists / cell
Start Survey @ 6:00 AM from your home Use a vehicle – motorbike or car or bicycle Survey for 15 minutes, Travel for 15minutes
◦ Repeat it over a round trip Stop Survey @ 10:30 AM at your home
◦ You generate 9 lists in 4.5 hrs
Repeat Survey between 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM◦ Same route or different route.◦ You generate 7 lists in 3.5hrs
16 lists in one day
A Sample One-day Survey
Sample Survey: Forenoon Route
9 lists in 4.5hrs
Sample Survey: Postnoon Route
7 lists in 3.5hrs
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