The second season of the Hyderabad Bird Atlas 2025 has concluded. Aimed at documenting the city’s avian diversity across seasons, the atlas is expected to be released in a few weeks. While the first season took place in winter (February), the second was conducted during the monsoon (July).

In the first season alone, 209 volunteers surveyed 180 locations across Hyderabad and its peri-urban areas, recording 195 bird species and counting a total of 70,187 individual birds, both resident and migratory.

During the monsoon season, the second phase of the Hyderabad Bird Atlas saw resident birds dominating the landscape, many actively engaged in breeding. A total of 166 bird species and 62,811 individual birds were recorded, with the contributions of 22 volunteers.

“While the species count was slightly lower than in winter, owing to the absence of migratory birds, the observations provided critical data on breeding behavior, habitat preferences, and distribution patterns of resident species during the rainy season,” said Sriram Reddy, a core member of Hyderabad Birding Pals which is collaborating for developing the atlas.