Wiki Loves Birds/Report

Phase I[edit]

Nepal is a socially and biologically diverse country. Its landscapes range from 60 meters above sea level to the top of the world. This makes Nepal rich in biodiversity. It is home for animals and birds that are found in tropical to tundra regions. We initiated Wiki Loves Birds project with the aim to increase the amount of free licensed materials of available bird species of Nepal. The project aimed to add photographs of birds found Nepal in Wikimedia Commons; and improve the quality and quantity of Wikipedia articles (mainly in the Nepali Language) about the birds of Nepal.

On 05 October 2018, we reached to Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN), an organization that is working on the conservation of birds, their habitats and sites since 1982. This helped us to form a group who has knowledge and interest in birds. We also collaborated with special interest groups including reputed birds experts, journalists, photographers, and researchers. The collaboration helped to introduce Wikipedia and its importance in bird conversation. As a result, these important figures have become active Wikipedians and WLB project team members. Here the names and identity of these reputed figures:

Mr. Rajendra Gurung: President of Bird Conservation Nepal and bird expert.^[1]
Mr Vimal Thapa: General Secretary of Bird Conservation Nepal and bird expert.^[1]
Mr Ramesh Chaudhary: Board Member of Bird Conservation Nepal and bird expert.^[1]

Covered Place for Outreach and Photowalks[edit]

SN	Name of Location	Geo Coordinate
1	Chitwan National Park, Chitwan	Coordinates: 27.5341069°, 84.4502779°
2	Shivapuri National Park - Pani Muhan & Jama Chowk Area	Coordinates: 27.7908993°, 85.4250515°
3	Suryabinayak Forest, Bhaktapur	Coordinates: 27.6477111°, 85.4053486°
4	Nagarkot Area, Bhaktapur	Coordinates: 27.7144333°, 85.4643196°
5	Bhimdhunga - Nagarjun Forest Reserve Area, Kathmandu	Coordinates: 27.7452555°, 85.254535°
6	Taudaha Area, Kathmandu	Coordinates: 27.6423552°, 85.2859219°
7	Chobhar - Bagmati River, Kathmandu	Coordinates: 27.6576878°, 85.2675899°
8	Godawari - Phulchowki Area, Lalitpur	Coordinates: 27.5962562°, 85.3357022°
9	Sankhu Area, Kathmandu	Coordinates: 27.7297864°, 85.4578131°
10	Sundarijal Area, Kathmandu	Coordinates: 27.7851285°, 85.393595°

Program Output Metrics[edit]

The metrics counts of this project are described below:

Description	Target	Outcomes
1. Number of Total Participants (including core team)	15+	22
2. Number of newly registered users	-	10
3. Number of articles added or improved on Wikimedia projects	100+	103
3 a.In Nepali Wikipedia	-	100^[2]
3 b. In English Wikipedia	-	3
4. Number of total new images/media uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	-	1089^[3]
5. Number of new images of birds uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	1000+	1020^[4]
5 a. Number of Species captured	100+	209
5 b. Number of Valued images	-	14^[5]
5 c.Number of Quality images	-	36^[6]

We have recorded following birds during photowalks

Fulvous Breasted Woodpecker
Gray Headed Woodpecker
Great Barbet
Blue Throated Barbet
Golden Throated Barbet
Green Billed Malkoha
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose- ringed Parakeet
House Swift
Asian Bard Owlet
Common Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle Dove
Himalayan Vulture
Himalayan Buzzard
Booted Eagle
Black Kite
Mountain Hawk Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Black Eagle
Cattle Egret
Orange Bellied Leafbird
Red Billed Blue Magpie
Gray Treepie
House Crow
Large Billed Jungle Crow
Maroon Oriole
Long Tailed Minivet
Scarlet Minivet
Yellow Bellied Fantail
White Throated fantail
Bronzed Drongo
Spangled Drongo
Blue Whistling Thrush
Dark Sided Flycatcher
Verditar Flycatcher
Rufus Bellied Niltava
Small Niltava
Blue Fronted Redstart
White Capped Water Redstart
Common myna
Jungle Myna
Chestnut Bellied Nuthach
White tailed Nuthach
Velvet Fronted Nuthach
Great Tit
Black Throated Tit
Black Lored Tit
Green Backed Tit
Barn Swallow
Red Vented Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Himalayan Bulbul
Mountain Bulbul
Oriental White Eye
Common Tailorbird
Hum's Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Gray Hooded Warbler
Buff-Barred Warble
Lemon-Rumed Warbler
Blyth's Leaf warbler
Ashy Throated Warbler
White Throated Laughing Thrush
White-Crested Laughing Thrush
Striated Laughing Thrush
Rusty-CheekedScimitar Babbler
Streak- Breasted scimitar Babbler
Grey-Throated babbler
Rufus Winged Fulveta
Nepal Fulveta
Whiskered Yuhina
White Bellied Yuhina
Rufus Sibia
Fire Breasted Flowerpecker
Plain Flower-pecker
Black Throated Sunbird
Fire-Tailed Sunbird
Green-Tailed Sunbird
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Gray Wagtail
Olive Backed Pipit
Grey-Headed Bulfinch
Peregrine falcon
Rose ringed parakit
Grey headed lapwing
Common Sandpiper
Wallcreeper
Indian pond heron
Oriental Magpie robin
White Wagtail
Grey headed warbler
Plumbeous water redstart
White browed wagtail
Green Sandpiper
Grey wagtail
Stepped eagle
White throated kingfisher
Tickle’s warbler
Dusky warbler
Common redshank
Common Stonechat
Rosy pipit
Spotted dove
Eurasian collared dove
Brahmini starling
Black drongo
Baya weaver
Hodgson's redstart
Common hooppe
Long legged buzzard
Long tailed shrink
Pied Bushchat
Eurasian sparrow hawk
Rufous Treepie
Black throated thrush
Bar headed goose
Common snipe
Long billed plover
Grey backed shrike
Common teal
Great cormorant
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern shoveler
Eurasian wegoon
Common raven
Eurasian coot
Little egret
Asian openbill
Lesser adjutant
Little cormorant
Oriental darter
Red-naped ibis
Ruddy shelduck
Short-toed snake eagle
Red junglefowl
Kalij pheasant
Indian peafowl
White-breasted waterhen
Red-wattled lapwing
Red turtle dove
Wedge-tailed green pigeon
Indian cuckoo
Spotted owlet
Common kingfisher
White-throated kingfisher
Stork-billed kingfisher
Pied kingfisher
Blue-tailed bee-eater
Green bee-eater
Oriental pied hornbill
Rufous woodpecker
Grey-headed woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted woodpecker
Grey Wagtail
Himalayan bulbul
Mountain bulbul
Red-vented bulbul
Red-whiskered bulbul
Large cuckooshrike
White-throated Laughingthrush
Spiny Babber
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
Purple Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird
Rufous-bellied Niltava
Greater racket-tailed drongo
Lesser racket-tailed drongo
Indian paradise flycatcher
Himalayan black-lored tit
Green-backed tit

Good Sides of the Project[edit]

Coordination and collaboration: The project was able to introduce Wikipedia article creation technique to the people working on birds by producing literature, pictures, and research works. It has built up nice coordination and relationship with Bird Conservation Nepal, birds experts of Nepal, and reputed authors. Their collaboration and active participation in this project by way of photo uploading, species identification, and article creation have enriched Wikipedia.

Photographic team's work: The Wiki Loves Birds project has collaborated with a good number of professional photographers who have great equipment for macro photography. So this project has formed an enthusiastic team of photographers who are willing to contribute to Wikimedia Commons.

Creation and expansion of articles: This project has created and developed more than 100 articles on birds of Nepal in Nepali Wikipedia which has upheld the very motto of Wikimedia movement of knowledge development and sharing.

Bad Sides of the Project[edit]

Weather condition: This year unexpected weather condition affected our plan on Photowalks.

Less Participation from Community: On 27 November 2018 I put a proposal on Nepali Wikipedia Vilagepump regarding call for participation in this event^[7] but only few among nepali wikipedian showed interest on it. However we started project collaborating with BCN and Friend of Birds Group.