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Welcome to the Goa Bird Atlas Initiative

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Initiated By

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Supported By

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Partners

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Education Institution Partners

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Overview

Goa bird atlas is an ambitious citizen science driven initiative to map the distribution and abundance of birds of Goa. The Goa Bird Atlas has been completed in a SINGLE year effort, and has given fine resolution insights to distribution and abundance of the common birds which was previously poorly known. 

Atlas Effort

Area of Goa - 3,702 sq.km

Area covered for Goa Bird Atlas - 370 sq.km

Number of Seasons - 2

Number of Repeats - 4

Survey Effort - 700 hours

Total Transect Distance - ~1400 km

Number of Volunteers - 75​​​

Volunteers

Vaibhavi Naik, Paarth Wagh, Bhaskar Rao, Shubham Rane, Sagar Naik, Neeha Borker, Shivani Desai, Pragati Desai, Mahima Naik, Sona Gaonkar, Tejasvini Gawas, Poornima M, Jagannath Phadte, Shalma Mascarenhas, Datta Naik, Pooja Subhash, Mukta Naik, Pavan Parkar, Anush Naik, Fondu Rane, Sejal Vaigankar, Karishma Naik, Prajakta Halarnkar, Manali Petkar, Chowgule's Birders Club, Anthea Baracho, Om Kurpaskar, Prabhat Hatti, Kunal Bandolkar, Harshada Gauns, Gautam Jalmi, Sumi Deogam, Siddhali Mahale, Kameshwari Raikar, Amit Raj, Anjana Dhar, Ceejel Pinto, Raj Malik, Mannat Seth, Tejas Gaonkar, Kiran Hangaragi, Mandar Bhagat, Filomena Pereira, Tejas Sudhir, Muddasir Shaik, Ankita Chari, Omkar Dharwadkar, Dipak Bowalkar, Marvelyn Dias, Senan D’Souza, Mabel Menezes, Mayur Gawas, Shishir Gawas, Shayeesh Pirankar, Manjeet Gawas, Aradhana Rangachar, Kuldip Topo, Afarah Sayyed, Anthea Baracho, Elita Siqueira, Shraddha Petkar, Linoshka Dias, Anushka Naik, Admar Carvalho, Vishal Naik, Frenjuela Fernandes, Siddhant Roy, Janelli Antao, Siddhant Nair, Samaa Manoj Sapre, Britney Winnifred Fernandes, Shreya Prashant Borkar, Blavia Mercy Correia, Savni Rajesh Mayenkar, Earlene Antao, Lincia Carvalho, Aaron Vales, Smiroy Martins, Jena Basilia Monteiro, Saloni Santosh Painginkar, Ashble Vailankanni Fernandes, Andria Shania Cardozo and Jeanette Lucilia Monteiro E Soares.

Recognition of Commitment

Time contributed towards Goa Bird Atlas 2023-24 (top 10% contributors)

Jalmesh Karapurkar - 166.25 hours

Sagar Naik - 134.5 hours

Shubham Rane - 108.25 hours

Manjit Gawas - 84 hours

Kuldip Topo - 61.75 hours

Pronoy Baidya - 45.5 hours

Harshada Gauns - 40.5 hours

Jagannath Phadte - 30 hours

Suren Rane - 29.25 hours

Shayeesh Pirankar - 25.75 hours

Dipak Bowalkar - 25 hours

Filomena Pereira (Parvatibai Chowgule College Of Arts & Science - Autonomous) - 18 hours

Mandar Bhagat - 18 hours

©2023 by Arannya Environment Research Organisation

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