Rising heat takes toll on bird diversity in Kottayam, finds survey

Rising summertime temperatures look to beryllium taking a toll connected Kottayam city’s birdlife, with a latest survey revealing a crisp diminution successful municipality vertebrate diverseness this year.

The study, conducted nether the enactment of the Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences (TIES) with the information of birdwatchers, experts and inferior naturalists, recorded lone 31 taxon of birds this year, compared to 47 taxon identified past year.