St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru, successfully conducted the Campus Bird Count 2026 from February 13 to 16 as part of the nationwide great backyard bird count organized by Bird Count India in collaboration with eBird.
The four-day biodiversity survey resulted in the documentation of 32 bird species within the institution’s 145-year-old, 37-acre green campus located in the heart of the city. The college, which attained the status of a Deemed to be University two years ago, has been actively participating in the Campus Bird Count initiative since 2019, contributing consistently to national citizen science databases.