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Hyderabad Bird Atlas: Three-Year City Bird Mapping

13 February 20251 min read
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYHyderabad BirdAtlas: Three-YearCity Bird Mapping13 February 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

Hyderabad began a three-year atlas of its birdlife.

Key facts

  • Aims: follow bird numbers, spot important bird areas, guide land use planning.
  • Schedule: 3-23 February yearly, repeated in July (summer), to cover migratory and resident birds.
  • Method: groups of 2-5 volunteers; random picks from 180 proposed regions.
  • Volunteers are trained in bird identification; a pilot survey was run at Nehru Zoological Park.

About Nehru Zoological Park

  • Construction began 26 October 1959; opened 6 October 1963.
  • Managed by the Telangana Forest Department; named for Jawaharlal Nehru.

Exam angle

  • Seasons: winter and summer.

Test yourself

1. How long is the Hyderabad Bird Atlas project scheduled to run?

It is a three-year project mapping the city's birds.

2. In which two months are the Hyderabad Bird Atlas surveys conducted each year?

Surveys take place in February (winter) and July (summer).

3. Nehru Zoological Park, site of the Hyderabad Bird Atlas preliminary survey, opened to the public in which year?

Construction began in 1959; it opened on 6 October 1963.

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