Kole Bird Count, Held On 3 Jan 2021, Summary Statistics

KOLE BIRD COUNT (AWC 2021), held on 3 JAN 2021, SUMMARY STATISTICS 

Species	Adat	Enamav	Mulloorkayal	Palakkal	Pullazhi	Manakodi	Muriyad	Maranchery	Uppungal-I	Uppungal-II	Total
1.     Lesser Whistling-Duck	2				2		17	300	60	300	681
2.     Cotton Pygmy-Goose		3			3			300	30	25	361
3.     Garganey				28		1		250	40	2000	2319
4.     Indian Spot-billed Duck				18	5		12			50	85
5.     Northern Pintail								100		40	140
6.     Green-winged Teal				14							14
duck sp.										500	500
7.     Little Grebe	2			1					1	2	6
8.     Eurasian Moorhen										2	2
9.     Eurasian Coot	1					1		5			7
10.  Gray-headed Swamphen	26	4	1	16			21	200	135	1	404
11.  White-breasted Waterhen	2	2	2		7	1	9		2	1	26
12.  Ruddy-breasted Crake		1			1						2
rail/crake sp.										1	1
13.  Black-winged Stilt							50				50
14.  Black-bellied Plover						15					15
15.  Pacific Golden-Plover		2		19		150	38				209
16.  Gray-headed Lapwing				2							2
17.  Red-wattled Lapwing	17	10	10	12		11	8	20	3	4	95
18.  Little Ringed Plover		2		6			100	15			123
plover sp.		1					200				201
19.  Pheasant-tailed Jacana	3			2	3			15	5	1	29
20.  Bronze-winged Jacana	12		2	2	2		7	25	1	25	76
21.  Black-tailed Godwit			125				80				205
godwit sp.					32						32
22.  Curlew Sandpiper						8					8
23.  Temminck’s Stint		15				100					115
24.  Little Stint						300					300
peep sp.						12				30	42
25.  Pin-tailed Snipe					1						1
snipe sp.					2						2
26.  Common Sandpiper	4	4		1	2	1	16	5			33
27.  Green Sandpiper	2	1	5			6		1			15
28.  Common Greenshank						8		2			10
29.  Wood Sandpiper	12	199	64	68	26	100	66	25			560
30.  Collared Pratincole				8							8
31.  Small Pratincole	210			4						25	239
pratincole sp.				3							3
32.  Whiskered Tern	75	14	1	48	52	50	95	35	40	200	610
33.  River Tern	2	4	1	2	2	1	3				15
tern sp.										100	100
34.  Asian Openbill	25	15		16	36	35	21	5		6	159
35.  Woolly-necked Stork	2	1	3	3	14	25		5	4	8	65
36.  Painted Stork	2			210		30	89	1	2	45	379
37.  Oriental Darter	8	3	2	6	3	5	6	30	9		72
38.  Little Cormorant	150	10	4	65	43	150	412	120	125	50	1129
39.  Indian Cormorant	700	3	175	25	15	70	3	15		30	1036
40.  Little/Indian Cormorant	50				33					200	283
cormorant sp.			335								335
41.  Spot-billed Pelican							15				15
42.  Cinnamon Bittern							1				1
43.  Black Bittern									1	1	2
44.  Gray Heron	4	1	1	12		13	8		40	1	80
45.  Purple Heron	9	8	4	22	22	30	3	10	16	4	128
46.  Great Egret	4	1	1	35	16	50	29	20	8	6	170
47.  Intermediate Egret	12	25	5	60	1	20	42	65	20	100	350
Great/Intermediate Egret				100	8					25	133
48.  Little Egret	8	3	1	60	16	3	351	75	2	250	769
49.  Western Reef-Heron		1									1
50.  Cattle Egret	55	2	45	100	27	100	175	55	30	25	614
white egret sp.	100	75		525	70	300	50			400	1520
51.  Indian Pond-Heron	51	60	14	24	44	50	56	120	110	30	559
52.  Black-crowned Night-Heron	3				1	1	1		3		9
heron sp.					5						5
53.  Glossy Ibis				10			14	200	125		349
54.  Black-headed Ibis	6	2	6	22	11	50	13	35	5		150
ibis sp.				6							6
	1559	472	807	1549	505	1697	2011	2054	817	4488	15959

Count during the last three years were

2018: 33,499   

2019: 27,519   

2020: 22,049