This document outlines the agenda and priorities for a Kerala Bird Monitoring Workshop. The workshop will cover the status of the Kerala Bird Atlas project, analyzing results, identification workshops, continuous bird monitoring, and next steps. The Bird Atlas is Asia's largest with over 30,000 samples and 750,000 records from 1,000 volunteers. Priorities for additional surveys are outlined to maximize equal effort, seasonal parity, and spatial coverage. Data products will include distribution maps for species and groups as well as trend maps projecting changes over 10-25 years under different scenarios.

1. KERALA BIRD MONITORING
WORKSHOP
WINTER SESSION

2. BIRD MONITORING IN KERALA
First Citizen Science Bird Survey by KNHS
Periyar Tiger Reserve May 1987
Photo: Suresh Elamon

3. AGENDA
Time Slot Session Anchor
09:30-09:45 Introductions
09:45-10:15 Bird Atlas: Status & Priorities Praveen
10:15-10:45 Bird Atlas: Plan of Action Praveen
10:45-11:15 Bird Atlas: Analyzing Results Praveen/Ashwin
11:15-11:30 Tea
11:30-12:30 ID Workshop Ashwin
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Continuous Bird Monitoring & Growth Satyan
14:15-15:00 State of India’s Birds: Overview Ashwin
15:00-15:15 Tea
15:15-15:45 ID Workshop: Gulls Ginu
15:45-16:15 Panchayat Results: Next Steps Nameer

4. INTRODUCTIONS

5. WHY IS KERALA BIRD ATLAS SPECIAL?
• Asia’s largest bird atlas
• 38,863 sq. km
• ~ 3,500 locations
• ~ 30,000 samples
• ~ 7,500 field hours
• ~ 0.30 million records
• ~ 1,000 volunteers

6. KERALA BIRD ATLAS: STATUS
Wet Dry
Coverage 82.64% 81.98%
Pending lists 2472 2556

7. CELL & SUB-CELL: A QUICK RECAP
98,10,1
98,11,5
97,10,1
97,11,8
97
98
10 11
16 DRY SEASON SAMPLES
16 WET SEASON SAMPLES

8. COVERAGE OF CELLS: DRY SEASON
TOTAL CELLS IN KERALA 917
# COMPLETE CELL WITHIN KERALA (4 SUBCELLS) 775
# CELLS PARTIALLY WITHIN KERALA (< 4 SUBCELLS) 142
# COMPLETE CELLS WHERE SURVEY IS DONE 552
COVERAGE OF COMPLETE CELLS 71.23%
COVERGE IN TERMS OF # LISTS 81.98%

9. PRIORITIES: OVERVIEW
PRIORITY Prioritization Rationale
1 Subcells of Cells that have 1-4 lists pending Equal Effort
2 Subcells of Cells that have 5-8 lists pending Equal Effort
3 Subcells of Cells that have 9-12 lists pending Equal Effort
4 Subcells of Cells that have 13-15 lists pending Equal Effort

10. PRIORITIES: OVERVIEW
PRIORITY Prioritization Rationale
1 Subcells of Cells that have 1-4 lists pending Equal Effort
2 Subcells of Cells that have 5-8 lists pending Equal Effort
3 Subcells of Cells that have 9-12 lists pending Equal Effort
4 Subcells of Cells that have 13-15 lists pending Equal Effort
5
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has been FULLY
SAMPLED in the other season Seasonal Parity
6
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has 1-8 lists pending
in the other season Seasonal Parity
7
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has 9-15 lists
pending in the other season Seasonal Parity
8 Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in both seasons Full Spatial Coverage

11. PRIORITIES: OVERVIEW
PRIORITY Prioritization Rationale
1 Subcells of Cells that have 1-4 lists pending Equal Effort
2 Subcells of Cells that have 5-8 lists pending Equal Effort
3 Subcells of Cells that have 9-12 lists pending Equal Effort
4 Subcells of Cells that have 13-15 lists pending Equal Effort
5
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has been FULLY
SAMPLED in the other season Seasonal Parity
6
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has 1-8 lists pending
in the other season Seasonal Parity
7
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has 9-15 lists
pending in the other season Seasonal Parity
8 Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in both seasons Full Spatial Coverage
9
Subcells of Cells on the Edges which are only partially in Kerala but with <= 50%
lists pending Full Edge Coverage
10
Subcells of Cells on the Edges which are only partially in Kerala but with > 50%
lists pending Full Edge Coverage

12. PRIORITIES: OVERVIEW
PRIORITY Prioritization # Subcells # Cells Coverage
1 Subcells of Cells that have 1-4 lists pending 63 61 79.10
2 Subcells of Cells that have 5-8 lists pending 106 49 85.42
3 Subcells of Cells that have 9-12 lists pending 144 47 91.48
4 Subcells of Cells that have 13-15 lists pending 16 4 92.00
5
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has been
FULLY SAMPLED in the other season
64 16 94.06
6
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has 1-8 lists
pending in the other season
52 13 95.74
7
Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in one season and has 9-15
lists pending in the other season
36 9 96.90
8 Subcells of Cells that remain unsampled in both seasons 96 24 100.00
9
Subcells of Cells on the Edges which are only partially in Kerala but with
<= 50% lists pending
81
10
Subcells of Cells on the Edges which are only partially in Kerala but with
> 50% lists pending
71.23

13. PRIORITIES: DEEP DIVE
https://paintedstork.github.io/priorityatlas

14. BIRD ATLAS: PLAN OF ACTION FOR DRY SEASON
JAN 16 - MAR 15
WEEKEND Plans
JAN 18-19
JAN 25-26
FEB 1-2
FEB 8-9
FEB 15-16
FEB 22-23
FEB 29-MAR 1
MAR 7-8
MAR 14-15

15. BIRD ATLAS: DATA PRODUCTS
Data Product Details
Species: Distribution Maps Wet & Dry Season maps for [100-200] species

16. SAMPLE OUTPUTS
DISTRIBUTION OF GREY-FRONTED GREEN PIGEON
WET DRY
HYPOTHETICAL
DATASET

17. BIRD ATLAS: DATA PRODUCTS
Data Product Details
Species: Distribution Maps Wet & Dry Season maps for [100-200] species
Species Groups: Distribution Maps Wet & Dry Season maps for wetland birds, village birds,
forest birds etc

18. SAMPLE OUTPUTS
CONSOLIDATED DISTRIBUTION OF WATERBIRDS
WET DRY
HYPOTHETICAL
DATASET

19. BIRD ATLAS: DATA PRODUCTS
Data Product Details
Species: Distribution Maps Wet & Dry Season maps for [100-200] species
Species Groups: Distribution Maps Wet & Dry Season maps for wetland birds, village birds,
forest birds etc
Species : Trend Maps Projected distribution of [25-50] species in [10-25] years
in 3 scenarios
Species Groups: Trend Maps Projected distribution for wetland birds, village birds,
forest birds etc in [10-25] years in 3 scenarios

20. IN 10 YEARS IN 25 YEARS
CURRENT
TREND
AGGRESSIVE
CONSERVATION
REGRESSIVE
DEVELOPMENT
HYPOTHETICAL
DATASET
CURRENT
DISTRIBUTION

21. BIRD ATLAS: DATA PRODUCTS
Data Product Details
Species: Distribution Maps Wet & Dry Season maps for [100-200] species
Species Groups: Distribution Maps Wet & Dry Season maps for wetland birds, village birds,
forest birds etc
Species : Trend Maps Projected distribution of [25-50] species in [10-25] years
in 3 scenarios
Species Groups: Trend Maps Projected distribution for wetland birds, village birds,
forest birds etc in [10-25] years in 3 scenarios
Hotspots of Endemic Diversity Map indicating current hotspots of endemic bird diversity
Key conservation areas outside PA List of [10] panchayats and importance in terms of
avifauna.

22. ID WORKSHOP

23. STATE OF INDIA’S BIRDS: OVERVIEW OF RESULTS

24. CONTINUOUS MONITORING & GROWTH:
GROUP DISCUSSION

25. # LISTS: 250K (TILL SEP’ 19)
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

26. ACTIVITY OF EBIRD CONTRIBUTORS
ACTIVE CONTRIBUTORS IN EACH YEAR
Joining Year # Joinees 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2014 224 42 72 68 76 36 33
2015 139 51 56 43 25 29
2016 153 85 88 43 33
2017 160 99 82 47
2018 79 48 47
2019 58 58

27. ACTIVITY OF EBIRD CONTRIBUTORS
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

28. ID WORKSHOP: GULLS

29. PANCHAYAT RESULTS: NEXT STEPS

30. 2014

31. 2015

32. 2016

33. 2017

34. 2018

35. 2019