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01 January - 31 December, 2025

India Big Year 2025

Log 75 species

01 Jan - 31 Dec, 2025

6 participants

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About

🐦 Log 75 species

Join the India Big Year Challenge 2025! Refine your birdwatching expertise, and aid in citizen science as you explore the unique splendor of India's bird species. The remarkable array of birds in India reflects its vast biodiversity and diverse ecosystems. Challenge yourself to identify and record 75 different bird species by the end of the year!

Terms

This challenge is for anyone with a Birda account. This challenge is for tickable species only. You can read more about tickable species here.

This challenge starts and ends based on the Indian Standard Time. All individual species logged within India will count towards this challenge and will be included in any leaderboard placement. All sightings must be logged before midnight (IST) on the day the challenge ends.

Be honest with yourself and other birders, but above all, respectful of them and any other outdoor users, everywhere – especially online. If you didn’t see it (or hear it), please don’t put it on Birda.

Challenge summary

255

Sightings

3h 7m

Time in nature

Days wild

Yashwant has seen a White-throated Kingfisher!

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Leaderboard

# species

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SUBHI M

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Yashwant C

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Vinayak U

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Ansars P

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Muhammed N

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Ezra M

Most Seen Species

# sightings

Ring-necked Parakeet

Common Tailorbird

Red-vented Bulbul

Common Myna

Indian Pond Heron

Purple Sunbird

House Sparrow

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Rufous Treepie

White-throated Kingfisher

Birda is a birdwatching app and community aimed at curious people who want to deepen their connection with nature.

Your birdwatching journey like never before

Connect with nature in minutes

Take a walk, look out of the window and log the birds that you see. Feel good about those little connections to nature.

Discover the joy of birding

Find new birding spots, see more birds, share and celebrate with a like-minded community of nature lovers.

Play your part in saving nature

Logging your birding sightings and sessions turns into positive action for our planet. Every sighting counts.

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What Our Birders Say

Ellesse_W

Learning Birding with Birda

I’m relatively new to birding as a hobby, and Birda is a great way to keep track off all the species I see. I’m still working on my ID skills, but the app is great for figuring out potential species, and the online community is so friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend Birda to both early and serious birders! 🐦

Carrie

Makes you want to spot birds more

I think this app is fun. It makes you want to spot birds more so I guess in a way it encourages you to get out and about instead of sitting in front of the TV.

Dunners12345

Great App

Great app to use for logging and communicating with others who are interested in birds

Leonie

We've been waiting for an App like this

Excellent! We've been waiting for an app like this! Thank you! It would be nice if you could assign additional birds to sessions later!

David C

Very knowledgeable group

Nice friendly birding community. Very knowledgeable group with a willingness to help.

Anonymous

The best bird logging app

Birda is honestly the best bird logging app I have seen. I love all the features it has from being able to do a session and log all the birds you see in one sitting, to being able to connect with other birders from all over the globe!

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Great bird recording

For a while I’ve been trying to find an app to easily record bird lists and day out and struggled to find one that I like. Birda is great for this, straightforward and a great community!

Unbridled Discoveries

Great app for bird lovers

I love this app! It’s a wonderful way to track birding sessions, and also connect you with fellow birders. I also really like the unidentified bird section, it’s a great community tool to help figure out what a never-before-seen bird is!

Patricia L

Very encouraging birding app

Easy to use, fun to see progress and encouraging to receive feedback from other users.

Jake W

Great app

I use this app all the time as it’s quick and easy to log individual sightings or whole birding sessions. It’s an excellent way to meet new people and the forum is full of really friendly people. The challenges are a great way to get involved and learn more about birds. Cannot recommend it enough!

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