July 2025 Birders of the Month
Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in July by the numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No.of birders: 4,554 (4,802)
Number of observations: 5.9 lakhs (6.35 lakhs)
Number of lists (all types): 39,256 (40,109)
Number of species: 908 (959)
Number of unique lists with media: 3,383 (4,585)
The July challenge was to upload at least 31 checklists from anywhere in India. A total of 232 eBirders successfully met this target!
Congratulations to all these birders!
Abhijeet Rasal, Adhithyan N K, Adithya Bhat, Afsar Nayakkan, Agniva Dasgupta, Ains Priestman, Alefiya Saify, Amarjeetsingh Bishnoi, Amee Vyas, Amrit Raha, Amsa A M, Anagha Reji, Anand Birdlife, Anand Singh, Ananya Ramesh, Anish Bera, Anjali Krishna, Anjali Pande, Anu Parthasarathy, Anup Chavda, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Anurupa Shil, Aravind A M, Arjit Jere, Arun Singh, Ashit Parida, Ashok Agarwal, Ashwin Viswanathan, Avinash Bhagat, Ayush P Nair, B.R. Ansil, Baharuddin S K, Bhagyashri Parab, Bharatendra Singh Parihar, Bhupendra Sahu, Bijoy Venugopal, Bikash Dalbot Shira, Chai Eng Law, Chaiti Banerjee, Cheran Jagadeesan, Chirag Munje, Chitra Shanker, Daarshik Pandiri, David Johnson, Digvijay Singh Rathore, Dilesh Marskole, Dipankar Dev, Divyaraj Shah, Dr Bipasha David, Dr Jisha R S, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Dr Nandini Patil, Dr. Adil A, Drishtant Sen, Elavarasan M, Faisal Fasaludeen, Farida Sultana, Fermin Jose, Francis D’Souza, Fulchand Shiv, Gagan Bedi, Gaja Mohanraj, Ganesh Shende, Garima Bhatia, Garry Bhatti, Garvita Garg, Gaurav Adhikari, Gaurav Maheshwari, Ghani Singh, Gowri Shankar S, Gurdip Boparai, Gururaj Sastry, H Nambiar, Hakimuddin F Saify, Hari K Patibanda, Harshith J V, Hemanth K. R, H G Prashanthakumar, Howard Laidlaw, Ibrahim Wadood, Irvin Calicut, Jagdish Jatiya, Jageshwer Verma, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Jayati Mitra, Joe M Raja, Jugal Borah, Kanan Bishnoi, Karthick Mariappan, Karthik Ramasamy, Kedar Champhekar, Keerthi Priya, Ketan Turakhia, Khemchand Jaiswal,
Kilson Kiragori, Kirti Kanta Sethy, Konchada Lakshmi Naga Sai Lahari, Krishna Prasad Pandiri, Krishnendu Das, Kuldip Topo, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Madhu Gupta, Mahendra Hegde, Manash Pratim, Manju Sinha, Manjula Desai, Manoj Karingamadathil, Manoj Kumar MK1, Manoj Pai, Marco Mei, Marco Valentini, Mehala Kumar, Mitul And Vijul Singh, Mohan Raj K., Mohit Sahu, Moovendan Ramalingam, Munish Gowda, Murari Varma, Nachiket Likhite, Navaneeth Sini George, Naveen Balaga, Navya Vyas, Neelkant Girish, Neerdiv Bankoti, Nicholas Iyadurai, Nisha Nayak, Nishad Eshaal, Nishand Venugopal, Nitin Marathe, Novelkumar M S, Padma Gyalpo, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Parag Gurung, Parag Kokane, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Pavan Mohan, Peter Boesman, Prabhakar Gujjarappa, Prabhudatta Bal, Prabu Ranjit Edison, Pranad Patil, Pratyush Parmar, Praveen Kumar K V, Pronoy Baidya, Qmr Malpe, Rachita Priyadarshini Sahoo, Rahul Wakare, Rajesh Prasad, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Rajubhai Patel, Rakesh Dhurwey, Ramesh Shenai, Ramu Alluri, Ramya Singaravelpandian, Ranjeet Chitrakar, Rasheeda Mol, Ravi Kavungal, Ravi Vasudevan, Regin Ross, Renju Tr, Riyaansh Pandiri, Rofikul Islam, Ronith Urs, Sabyasachi Jena, Saddam Husain, Sahana M, Saikat Das, Sakshi Naturalist, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Samakshi Tiwari, Sambeet Puhan, Samir E, Sandhya Lenka, Sanjay Gogate, Sanjiv Khanna, Santhi K, Santhosh T L, Santosh Bs, Sarabjeet Kaur, Saranya R, Satya Sidharth Das, Shakti Bishnoi, Shamika Mahamuni, Sharad Apte, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shaurya Rahul Narlanka, Shilpa Gadgil, Shivam Kumar, Shreedhar Kodiganti,Shubham Giri, Shuvendu Das, Shveta Jadhav, Shweta Shidhore, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Siddharth Biniwale, Siva T, Sourav Mandal 🪽, Sova Ghosh, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sri Teja, Srikanth Bhamidipati, Sriram Reddy, Sruthini Kumaran, Steffin Babu, Subramania Siva, Sudhir Moorti, Sudhiraj Lenka, Suguna Sree, Sujith Raj Salian, Sujith Ravindran, Sunita Dighe, Sushant Pawar, Thulasi Ram, Tuk Tuk, V Gouthama, Vandana Moon, Vasen Suli, Vedkumari Verma, Veera Srikakolapu, Venugopalan R, Vidula Kulkarni, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikas Pawar, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vishnu Ts, Vivek Kumar Patel, Vivekananda K, Vizz Vishwanath, Vyom Vyas, Yash Gardare.
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 232 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Cheran Jagadeesan who receives a copy of The Living Air: The Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching by Aasheesh Pittie as a small gift in appreciation.
Are you up to date with the eBird India challenge for August?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2025!
Header Image: Chestnut-tailed Minla (Bar-throated Siva) Actinodura strigula © Henry Cook / Macaulay Library
monsoon season in full swing across many parts of India, birders may find themselves birding from indoors more often than not. But this doesn’t have to be a limitation—why not make the most of it by observing and documenting the birds in and around your home? Are there any species you’ve never recorded before? Which birds are regulars in your neighbourhood? What behaviours do you notice? You can help answer these questions through this month’s challenge.
This month’s challenge is designed especially for those who are unable to go birding outdoors. Simply upload 20 or more eligible lists* from a single location—this could be your backyard, rooftop, garden, or a nearby local patch.
As with our other birding challenges, all those who manage to meet the target will be named on this website, and one among them will be chosen at random to receive a small gift in appreciation.
* Eligible checklists are those that report all species seen/heard (and are therefore marked ‘complete’), report numbers for all species rather than Xs, and are of at least 15 minutes or longer in duration.
Please upload all your lists by 10 September 2025 so that we can announce the results soon after that.
Note: Always prioritise safety during monsoon birding. Avoid areas prone to landslides or flash floods, and check weather conditions before heading out.
Here are the general rules of our monthly challenges. And check out the yearlong challenges for 2025 as well! You can keep track of fresh lists coming in from India on this page.
Header Image: Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos © Bhaarat Vyas / Macaulay Library
overlooked by many birders, yet it’s one of the most magical months to be out in the field. The monsoon transforms the landscape, and young birds emerge like tiny explorers between rain showers. Birds venture into unexpected places during this season, giving you unique spotting opportunities right in your neighbourhood.
Your July sightings—whether from a neighborhood park, your building’s terrace, or that nearby lake—paint a crucial picture of where our birds go and when they move.
The challenge for July is to upload at least 31 or more eligible checklists*.
* Eligible checklists are those that report ALL species seen/heard (and are therefore marked ‘complete’), includes counts for all species numbers (no ‘X’ entries) and are of at least 15 minutes or longer in duration.
