TNPSC Thervupettagam

Red list of birds in Kerala

June 29 , 2022 753 days 700 0
  • Kerala will soon have its own red list of birds.
  • The Kerala Bird Monitoring Collective led by Kerala Agricultural University and the Bird Count India will conduct the regional red list assessment.
  • Once it gets ready, Kerala will be the first State to have a region-specific red list of birds.
  • A species seen common at the global level may be a threatened species at the regional level.
  • According to the global IUCN red list, Kerala has 64 threatened species of birds.
  • In that, the Red-headed vulture and White-rumped vulture are critically endangered.

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