The Indian peacock or Blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus.), the largest of the pheasants commonly called Mor or Mayur, is a bird species recognized for its beauty. Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) has been justifiably declared as the National Bird of India in 1963. In India, it is given the ultimate protection by its inclusion in the Schedule I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The main objective is to encourage citizen participation in generating baseline information using sight records and enable long-term monitoring of Indian peafowl in India. The present study deals with the status and distribution of Indian peafowl in India and the data used is taken from the citizen science database of eBird. The complete dataset of Indian peafowl from 2001-2017 was used to prepare the distribution maps in different years as well as to obtain information on the species' location, and the number of a social group in India. Some potential reported sites were verified during 2013–2017 by visiting the distinct locations. From 2001 to 2017 we found 71,632 records from 15,151 contributors across 26 states/union territories of India. Percentage of individuals observed was 38% (in 2017), 27% (in 2016) and 16% (in 2015) whereas 0% was recorded in 2002, 2006 and 2007. The citizen science data obtained thus has the potential for increasing our understanding of current peafowl distribution patterns, and for categorizing important sites for conservation/protections and to perform occupancy and habitat modeling of Indian peafowl species in India.

Almost all crane species rely on wetlands at some time during their annual life cycle, primarily for nesting but also for foraging and protective cover. Many species also have close affiliation with agricultural fields. The sarus cranes have coexisted with wetlands for thousands of years. The sarus crane is the tallest flying bird as categorized as Vulnerable species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Sarus crane (Grus antigone) is a large nonmigratory bird. Their primary habitat included wetlands, marshes and water bodies. But now these sarus cranes species have adapted to using agricultural lands and crops in some way – consuming waste grains or other crops, feeding in rice paddies, or foraging in pastures. The regular observation was done from July 2020 to September 2021 in Hassanganj and Bangarmau tehsil under Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Total number of individuals was counted by using point count method. Total number of 526 sarus crane were observed --Adults ( 384 ) and Juvenile (142 ). Most of the sarus were observed in agricultural fields and water bodies. Present study concluded that there are moderate number of sarus crane in Unnao district but they are under threat due to encroachment of wetlands and expanding agriculture. They play important role in maintaining ecological balance. Crop fields provide abundant, predictable, and often high-energy foods that can be particularly valuable during flight and mating dance behaviour and have literally fueled their growing populations .They are eternal symbol of unconditional love, devotion and good fortune with high degree of marital fidelity.

Vultures are excellent indicators of environmental health and as carrion feeders play an important ecological role. They are the only known vertebrate obligate scavengers. Nine different species of old world vultures are found in India. Red-headed Vulture (RHV) is one of the resident vulture species and is found throughout the country up to 2000 m elevation. This study was carried out in two states of India, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh known as Bundelkhand. The grids of 15x15 sq km and random points were laid over the study area. Transects of 10 km were conducted in all the selected grids. As a result, 46, 54 and 74 vultures were recorded from 2017 to 2019, respectively. There was a continuous rise in the RHV population during the study period, which is a good sign for the species. Along with other vulture species, RHV is also facing serious threats. Biotic and abiotic threats such as habitat loss, predation, hunting and disturbance, scarcity of food and water, change in land use and agricultural practices, poisoning and, mortality in road accidents while feeding. The population trend is showing positive signs but only regular monitoring and conservation activities will help in saving the species.