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Great Backyard Bird Count 2023
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- West Bengal reported the highest number of species followed by Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh during the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) 2023 across 35 States and Union Territories.
- Kerala, on the other hand, recorded the highest number of checklists of birds.
- BCI (Bird Count India) is an informal partnership of organisations and groups working together to increase collective knowledge about bird distributions and populations.
- India was among 190 countries that participated in GBBC 2023.
- West Bengal reported 489 species, the most among the 35 participating States and Union Territories.
- Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka followed with 426, 407, 397 and 371 species respectively.
- Tamil Nadu and Kerala took the eighth and ninth spots with 349 and 325 species.
- Kerala, however, took the top spot in the checklist category by uploading 9,768 lists of birds.
- Maharashtra with 7,414 lists and Tamil Nadu with 6,098 were placed second and third.
- The GBBC was launched in 1998.
- Bird Count India organises the GBBC in the country.
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