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A REPORT

ON

A Field Guide Application for Ornithology

BY

Akhil Oswal 2008A3PS026G

Kshaunish Jaini 2008B4A3083G

PREPARED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE COMPUTER ORIENTED PROJECTCOURSE NO. BITS-C 331

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI, GOA

2011


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Introduction

Bird watching or birding is the observation of birds as a recreational activity. Itcan be done with the naked eye, through a visual enhancement device likebinoculars and telescopes, or by listening for bird sounds. Birding ofteninvolves a significant auditory component, as many bird species are morereadily detected and identified by ear than by eye. Most birdwatchers pursuethis activity mainly for recreational or social reasons, unlike ornithologists, whoengage in the study of birds using more formal scientific methods.

Most birdwatchers will keep an eye on birds around them at all times but willmake specific trips to observe birds fulltime. The most active times of the yearfor birding in temperate zones are during the spring or fall migrations whenthe greatest variety of birds may be seen. On these occasions, large numbersof birds travel north or south to wintering or nesting locations. Early morningsare typically better as the birds are more active and vocal making them easierto spot.

Certain locations such as the local patch of forest, wetland and coast may befavoured according to the location and season. Seawatching is a type ofbirdwatching where observers based at a coastal watch point, such as aheadland, watch birds flying over the sea. This is one form of pelagic birding,by which pelagic bird species are viewed. Another way birdwatchers viewpelagic species is from seagoing vessels. Weather plays an important role inthe occurrence of rare birds.


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About the Software:

This is a program to help Amateur and Professional Bird watching enthusiasts toidentify bird species in the field. Accessible through the internet via aComputer/Cell phone/Tablet, the program matches characteristics entered by theuser against a database we have created and identifies the nearest matching birdsand displays their photographs and provides further information via a Wikipedialink.

This identification program is for birds in Goa and parts of India. Fill out the formas best as you can and you'll find which bird match. It's better to start with a fewcharacteristics you are sure about, then add more as needed. Use the "Back"button to go back and add (or subtract) characteristics.

Field Guides that can assist in the identification of Birds in Goa are:

The Book of Indian Birds, Dr.Salim Ali The Birds of Southern India, Grimmett and Inskipp


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Input Forms for User Interface


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Feet Reference


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Beak Reference

Typical to Billlength

Billthickness

Billshape

Photo

Ibis Very long Medium Downcurved

Avocet Very long Thin Upcurved

Raptor Medium VeryThick

Hooked

Storks,Pelicans

Very long Very thick Straight

Tern Long Thick straight


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Woodpecker

long Thin Straight

Sunbird Long Thin DownCurved

Swift Short Thin DownCurved

Myna Medium Thick Straight


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Database Reference Images and Program Running:

For a Particular User Entry:

The user entered Colors:

Black, White, Gray

Size Very Large

Body Shape 3 (Raptor Form)


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Program Generated Output:


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Excel(VB) Code for Characteristic Matching:

Size Matching:=IF(Table62[[#This Row],[Size]]=E$3,10,IF(Table62[[#This Row],[Size]]=(E$3+1),5,(IF(Table62[[#This Row],[Size]]=(E$3 -1),5,0))))

Color Matching:

=5*SUMPRODUCT(Table62[[#This Row],[Red]:[dull brown]],$G$3:$W$3)

Beak Matching:

=SUM((IF(AND((AC4=AC$3),(ISBLANK(AC4)=FALSE)),1,(IF(AND((AC4=AD$3),(ISBLANK(AC4)=FALSE)),1,0)))),(IF(AND((AD4=AD$3),(ISBLANK(AD4)=FALSE)),1,(IF(AND((AD4=AC$3),(ISBLANK(AD4)=FALSE)),1,0)))))

=SUM(AND(IF(Z4=Z$3,2,0),ISBLANK(Z4)=FALSE),AND(IF(AA4=AA$3,2,0),ISBLANK(AA4)=FALSE),AND(IF(AB4=AB$3,2,0),ISBLANK(AB4)=FALSE))

=Table62[[#This Row],[Beak ShapeMatch]]+Table62[[#This Row],[BeakColorMatch]]

Leg Matching:

=SUM(AND(IF(AH3=AH$3,1,0),ISBLANK(AH3)=FALSE),AND(IF(AI3=AI$3,1,0),ISBLANK(AI3)=FALSE),AND(IF(AJ3=AJ$3,1,0),ISBLANK(AJ3)=FALSE))

Form Matching:

=IF((AND(IF(Table62[[#This Row],[Body Shape]]=AL$3,5,0),ISBLANK(Table62[[#ThisRow],[Body Shape]])=FALSE))=TRUE,10,0)


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Neck Matching:

=SUM((IF(AND((AN3=AN$3),(ISBLANK(AN3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((AO3=AO$3),(ISBLANK(AO3)=FALSE)),1,0)))

Wingshape Matching:

=SUM((IF(AND((AQ3=AQ$3),(ISBLANK(AQ3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((AR3=AR$3),(ISBLANK(AR3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((AS3=AS$3),(ISBLANK(AS3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((AT3=AT$3),(ISBLANK(AT3)=FALSE)),1,0)))

=SUM((IF(AND((AZ3=AZ$3),(ISBLANK(AZ3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BA3=BA$3),(ISBLANK(BA3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BB3=BB$3),(ISBLANK(BB3)=FALSE)),1,0)))

=Table62[[#This Row],[Wing Property match]]+Table62[[#This Row],[wing ColorMatch]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Wingshape match]]

Body Shape Matching:

=IF((AND(IF(Table62[[#This Row],[Body Shape]]=AL$3,5,0),ISBLANK(Table62[[#This

Row],[Body Shape]])=FALSE))=TRUE,10,0)

Neck Matching:

=SUM((IF(AND((AN3=AN$3),(ISBLANK(AN3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((AO3=AO$3),(ISBLANK(AO3)=FALSE)),1,0)))

Color Matching:

=SUM((IF(AND((BF4=BF$3),(ISBLANK(BF4)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BG4=BG$3),(ISBLANK(BG4)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BH4=BH$3),(ISBLANK(BH4)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BI4=BI$3),(ISBLANK(BI4)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BJ4=BJ$3),(ISBLANK(BJ4)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BE4=BE$3),(ISBLANK(BE4)=FALSE)),1,0)))

Head Matching:

=SUM((IF(AND((BL3=BL$3),(ISBLANK(BL3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BM3=BM$3),(ISBLANK(BM

3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BN3=BN$3),(ISBLANK(BN3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BO3=BO$3),(ISBLANK(BO3)=FALSE)),5,0)),(IF(AND((BP3=BP$3),(ISBLANK(BP3)=FALSE)),2,0)),(IF(AND((BQ3=


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BQ$3),(ISBLANK(BQ3)=FALSE)),2,0)),(IF(AND((BP3=BQ$3),(ISBLANK(BP3)=FALSE)),2,0)),(IF(AND((BQ3=BP$3),(ISBLANK(BQ3)=FALSE)),2,0)))

Habitat Matching:

=2*IF(OR((IF(AND((BS3=BS$3),(ISBLANK(BS3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BT3=BT$3),(ISBLANK(BT3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BU3=BU$3),(ISBLANK(BU3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BV3=BV$3),(ISBLANK(BV3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BW3=BW$3),(ISBLANK(BW3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BX3=BX$3),(ISBLANK(BX3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BY3=BY$3),(ISBLANK(BY3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((BZ3=BZ$3),(ISBLANK(BZ3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CA3=CA$3),(ISBLANK(CA3)=FALSE)),1,0)))=TRUE,5,0)

Special Features:

=5*SUM((IF(AND((CP3=CP$3),(ISBLANK(CP3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CQ3=CQ$3),(ISBLANK(CQ3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CR3=CR$3),(ISBLANK(CR3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CS3=CS$3),(ISBLANK(CS3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CT3=CT$3),(ISBLANK(CT3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CU3=CU$3),(ISBLANK(CU3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CV3=CV$3),(ISBLANK(CV3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CW3=CW$3),(ISBLANK(CW3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CX3=CX$3),(ISBLANK(CX3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CY3=CY$3),(ISBLANK(CY3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((CZ3=CZ$3),(ISBLANK(CZ3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((DA3=DA$3),(ISBLANK(DA3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((DB3=DB$3),(ISBLANK(DB3)=FALSE)),1,0)),(IF(AND((DC3=DC$3),(ISBLANK(DC3)=FALSE)),1,0)),)

Total Match:

=Table62[[#This Row],[Size Match]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Color Match]]+Table62[[#ThisRow],[Beak Match]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Column1]]+Table62[[#ThisRow],[Column2]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Column3]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Colortypematch]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Head Match]]+Table62[[#ThisRow],[Column4]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Tail Match]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Special

Match]]+Table62[[#This Row],[Leg Match]]

Probability Testing:

=Table62[[#This Row],[Column5]]/DE$3

=IF(Table62[[#This Row],[Column6]]>=0.85,"very High",IF(Table62[[#ThisRow],[Column6]]>=0.75,"high",IF(Table62[[#This Row],[Column6]]>=0.6,"medium","low")))


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Bird Probability Rank:

=COUNTIF($DF$4:$DF$67,">" & DF4) + COUNTIF($DF$4:DF4,DF4)

Address of respective Bird:=CELL("row",OFFSET($DI$4,MATCH(SMALL($DI$4:$DI$67,1),$DI$4:$DI$67,0)-1,0))

=ADDRESS(B3, 1, 4, TRUE, "User Entry")


Wikipedia Link Address:


Result:

=PROPER(INDIRECT(G3))

=Result!C3


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PHP Code for the Input forms and Output

Basic Details:

Basic Details:

Basic Details:

Size and Color description


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Size

Very Small (10-20 cm)

Small (20-30 cm)

Medium (30-45 cm)

Large (45-60 cm)

Huge (>60 cm)

(Length, Defined from tip of thebeak to end of tail)

Colours Present

red

yellow

light blue

blue/dark blue


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pink

green

dark brown

black

white

orange

gray

ruddy

bluish green

greenish brown


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dull yellow

purple

dull brown

Body Shape

Body Shape

Overall form description

Choose an appropriate overall form


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Crow-like ( Orioles, tree pies, mynas etc.)

Sparrow/finch-like (flycatchers, swifts, robinsetc.)

Raptor-like (Eagles, Kites, Buzzards, Falconsetc.)

Barbet-like (Trogons, rollers, nightjars etc.)

Wader-like (sandpipers, jacanas, plovers etc.)

Crane-like (cranes, storks, egrets etc.)

Fowl-like (quails, fowl, francolin etc.)


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Seabird-like (terns, gulls, shearwaters etc.)

Owl-like (owls, frogmouth)

Features

Features

Beak, legs, tail details

BEAK

Length


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Short

Medium

Long

Very long

Thickness

Thin

Medium

thick

Very thick

Shape

Straight

Downcurved


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Upcurved

Hooked

Color 1

Black/dark brown

White

Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green

Color 2


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Black/dark brown

White

Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green

LEGS

Color

Black/dark brown

White

Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green


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Length

Short

Medium

long

Very long

Shape/function

perching

crushing

climbing

wading

walking

swimming


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Features

Features

Neck and Head Details

NECK

Length

Short


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Medium

Long

Very long

Thickness

Thin

Medium

thick

HEAD

Color 1

Black/dark brown

White


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Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green

Color 2

Black/dark brown

White

Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green

Distinguishing Features


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Eye patch

Eye streak

Moustache

Crest

Features

Features

Wing Details


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WINGS

Wingspan

Short

Medium

Long

Very long

Wingshape

Song-bird like

Raptor-like

Swift-like

Tern-like


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Wing breadth

Thin

Broad

Flight Type

Acrobatic

Gliding/Soaring

Hovering

Flapping


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Colors

Color 1

Black/dark brown

White

Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green

Color 2

Black/dark brown


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White

Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green

Color 3

Black/dark brown

White

Gray

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green


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Special Features

Wing bar

Wing mirror

Banded Wing

Features

Features

Color Specifics and Tail details


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Color Properties

spotted

pied

banded

plain

streaked

Color Type

Dull

Bright

Spangled/glossy


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TAIL

Length

Short

Medium

Long

Very long

Color 1

Black/dark brown

white


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grey

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green

Color 2

Black/dark brown

white

grey

yellow/orange

red

brown

blue

green


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Distinctive Tail Features

Lightly forked

Deeply forked

Streamers

banded

Spread

fan-like

pointed

wedge-shaped

rounded


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Features

Features

Habitat and Special Features

Habitat

Marsh/Wetland

Fresh Water

Coastal

Dry/Scrub


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Cultivation

Hill/Mountain

Forest

City

Bushes/Undercover

Special Features

Neck pouch

unique tail

wattled bill

upcurved beak


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bent beak

ear tufts

nocturnal

shielded bill

spangled

open beak

beak pouch

bicoloured beak

collared neck

spotted neck


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