WINGS Thiruvananthapuram bird count records 188 species

Key Highlights

• The Arippa forest, along the Thiruvananthapuram-Shengottai route, also emerged as a species-rich site, yielding 83 species, the WWF-India said in a statement.
• With the help of forest guides of the Kerala Forest Development Corporation (KFDC), the participants recorded the Sri Lanka frogmouth, a hard-to-find bird in the forests of the Western Ghats.
• “The Jawaharlal Nehru Topical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI), situated on the foothills of the Western Ghats, yielded 50 species, reaffirming that campuses outside protected areas can serve as significant biodiversity hotspots,” the WWF-India said.
• Hill and forest ecosystems also showed high diversity.
• Ponmudi recorded 67 species, including the Lesser coucal, Brown-backed needletail, White-rumped spinetail, and Common rosefinch.