77 species of birds spotted at Mangalore University Campus at Mangalagangothri

As many as 77 species of birds were spotted at Mangalore University Campus at Mangalagangothri in the course of a Campus Bird Count that was conducted as a part of Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) by 'eBIRD' and 'Bird Count India'. It was the part of an exercise to document the bird life in the campuses /Institutions across India. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 27 February 2016.

The four-day GBBC is held on the campus that is located about 20-Km away from the Mangaluru City and is spread out over 350 acres - it is the place where there are a variety of habitats which nourishes and protects a wide variety of bird life. The PG students of Mangalore University actively took part in the the Campus Bird Count under the leadership of a research scholar at Department of Applied Zoology and the students were able to record 77 species of birds from different locations across the campus during the Bird Count. Earlier, in 2013, a team of birders had recorded about 81 species of birds from the campus but the difference has been ignored because the Bird Count was a short survey and it is possible that some species were missed out. As per reports of the bird watchers, some of the common birds in the campus include Common Mynas, Cattle Egrets, Jungle Babblers, Green bee-eaters, Rufous Treepies, Peafowls, Black Drongos, Red Whiskered Bulbuls and others. There wee also some rare and interesting finds from the campus like Indian Rollers, Orange Minivets, Spotted Owlets, Black-naped Monarchs, Yellow Wattled Lapwings, Booted Eagle and Common Hoopoe. A few winter visitor birds like Brown Shrike and Bay-backed Shrike were also recorded apart from a rare bird named Srilankan(Ceylon) Frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger) - this was recorded during the night bird surveys.


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