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Indian Robin Index Showed Clear Increases on Both Time Scales in India

Female Indian robin on a rock at Himayat Sagar, India
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The 2025 interim update from State of India’s Birds reported revised national numerical estimates for Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus) in India. The numerical update was released on 6 May 2026.

The long-term numerical trend was estimated at +34.6%, while the current annual estimate was +1.3% per year. Both updated estimates clearly supported an increase. The species page nevertheless still carries the 2023 categories Stable for the long-term trend and Trend Inconclusive for the current annual trend because these qualitative categories were not recalculated from the 2025 numerical estimates.

The species’ modelled distribution range in India was estimated at 2,191,030 km². State of India’s Birds describes the Indian robin as resident, without clear habitat specialization and endemic to the Indian Subcontinent, and retains it in the Low conservation-priority category.

The interim release updated numerical range and trend estimates for 942 previously assessed bird species using about 48 million eBird observations through 31 May 2025. The trend values describe change in a reporting-based abundance index rather than direct counts of individual birds.

Sources and image credit

  1. State of India’s Birds Partnership. (2026). State of India’s Birds: Range, trends, and conservation status – 2025 interim update (Version 2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20036633Primary 2026 release, created 6 May 2026. The update recalculated numerical distribution range size, long-term trend and current annual trend values for 942 species using about 48 million eBird observations through 31 May 2025.
  2. State of India’s Birds Partnership. (2026). Indian Robin (Copsychus fulicatus) factsheet: 2025 update.Species factsheet reporting a national long-term estimate of +34.59% (95% CI +16.61 to +55.11), a current annual estimate of +1.31% (+0.21 to +2.41), and an estimated distribution range of 2,191,030 km². The factsheet labels the long-term trend Stable and the current annual trend Trend Inconclusive.

Image: Hari K Patibanda / Wikimedia Commons — female Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus) photographed at Himayat Sagar, Telangana, India, 9 August 2020. Representative species image, not linked to the national trend analysis. · CC BY 2.0 · Source

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