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Endemic Indian Bird Species List
 
Species List W Ghats N India Himalaya
Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus 1 1        
Jungle Bush-quail Perdicula asiatica 2 2        
Rock Bush-quail Perdicula argoondah 1 1        
Painted Bush-quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha 2 2        
Red Sperfowl Galloperdix spadicea 2 2        
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocepalus         1 1
Himalayan Monal Lophoohorus impejanus         3 3
Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii 4 8 1 1 1 1
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii     1 1 1 1
Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus 1 1        
Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus     1 1    
Painted Sandgrouse  Pterocles indicus     2 2    
Nigiri Woodpieon Columba elphinstonii 2 2        
Himalayan Parakeet  Psittacula himalayana     2 2 3 6
Plum-headed Parakeet  Psittacula cyanocephala 2 4 3 8 1 1
 
Species List W Ghats N India Himalaya
Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides 3 6        
Sirkeer Malkoha   Taccocua leschenaultii 2 2        
Blue-faced Malkoha   Phaenicophaeus viridirostris 3 2        
Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus 2 2        
Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius 4 4 2 4    
Ceylon Bay Owl  Phodilus assimilis 1 1        
Indian Scops-owl  Otus bakkamoena 2 2 1 1    
Mottled Wood Owl  Strix ocellata 1 1        
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum 3 3 2 2    
Ceylon Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger 1 1        
Indian Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus     2 2    
Jerdon`s Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis 2 2        
Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor 2 4        
Indian White-rumped Spintail Zoonavena sylvatica 3 3        
Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus 2 2        
 Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus 3 6        
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris     3 3    
Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus 2 2        
Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica 3 3 2 2    
 
Species List W Ghats N India Himalaya
White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis 6 10        
Malabar Barbet Megalaima malabarica 3 6        
Indian Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus 3 3        
Himalayan Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis     3 6    
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus squamatus 3 6        
Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense 4 8        
White-naped Flameback Chrysocolaptes festivus 2 2        
Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura 2 4        
Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera 2 2 2 2    
Jerdon's Buchlark Mirafra affinis 1 2        
Ashy-crown Finch-lark Eremopterix griseus 3 6        
Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura     2 2    
Malabar Lark  Galerida Malabarica 2 2        
Sykes`s Lark  galerida deva     1 1    
Hill Swallow  Hirundo domicola 2 2        
Streak-throated Swallow  Hirundo fluvicola     1 1 2 2
Nilgiri Pipit   Anthus nilghiriensis 1 2        
Black-headed Cuckooshrike  Coracina melanoptera  2 2        
White-bellied Minivet   Pericrocotus erithropygius 2 2        
Orange Minivet  Pericrocotus flammeus 3 3        
Malabar Woodshrike  Tephrodornis sylvicola 2 4        
 
Species List W Ghats N India Himalaya
Grey-headed Bulbul  Pycnonotus priocephalus 1 1        
Flame-throated Bulbul  Pycnonotus gularis 1 2        
Himalayan Bulbu   Pycnonotus leucogenys     2 2 3 3
Yellow-throated Bulbul  Pycnonotus xantholaemus 1 1        
White-browed Bulbul  Pycnonotus  luteolus 3 3        
Square-tailed Black Bulbul  Hypsipetes ganeesa 2 6        
Marshall`s Iora  Aegithina nigrolutes 1 1        
Jerdons Leafbird  Chloropsis jerdoni 2 2        
Pied Ground Thrush  Zoothera Wardii 1 1        
Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera nilgherriensis 1 1        
Indian Blackbird  Turdus simillimus 2 4 2 2    
Malabar Whistling-thrush  Myophonus horsfieldii 4 6        
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda 2 2        
Kashmir Flycatcher  Ficedula subrubra 1 1        
 Black-and-Orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa  2 2        
Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus 3 6        
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher  Cyornis pallipes 2 2        
Indian Black Robin  Saxicoloides fulicatus 4 4        
 
Species List W Ghats N India Himalaya
White-bellied Blue Robin  Myiomela albiventris 1 2        
Nilgiri Blue Robin  myiomela major 2 2        
White-browed Bushchat  Saxicola macrorhynchus     1 1    
Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca     3 3    
Wynaad Laughingthrush  Dryonastes delesserti 1 1        
Kerala laughingthrush  Trochalopteron fairbanki 2 2        
Black-chinned Laughingtrush  Trochalopteron cachinnans     2 6    
Indian Scimitar-babler  Pomatorhinus schisticeps 2 4        
Black-chinned Babbler  Stachyris  pyrrhop     2 6    
Tawny-bellied Babbler  Dumetia hyperythra  2 4        
Dark-fronted Babbler  Rhopocichla atriceps 3 6        
Common Babbler  Turdoides caudata     2 2    
Striated Babbler  Turdoides earlei            
Large Grey Babbler  Turdoides malcolmi     2 2    
Indian Rufous Babbler  Turdoides subrufa 2 2        
Jungle Babbler  Turdoides Striata 4 8        
Yellow-billed Babbler  Turdoides affinis 2 2        
Rufous Sibia  Heterophasia capistrata     2 6 3 6
Rufous-fronted Prinia  Prinia buchanani     1 1    
Grey-crowned Prinia  Prinia cinereocapila     1 1    
Ashy Prinia  Prinia socialis 3 6 3 6 2 2
 
Species List W Ghats N India Himalaya
Jungle Prinia  Prinia sylvatica 2 4        
Smoky Leaf-warbler  Phylloscopus fuligiventer     2 2    
Tytler`s Leaf-warbler  Phylloscopus tytleri 1 1        
Spot-winged Tit  Parus melanolophus     3 3 3 6
Black-lored Tit  Parus xanthogenys     3 3    
Indian Yellow Tit  Parus aplonotus 3 6        
Indian Nuthatch  Sitta castanea 2 6        
White-cheeked Nuthatch  Sitta leucopsis     2 2 2 4
Pale-billed Flowerpecker  Dicaeum erythrorhynchos 3 6        
Nilgiri Flowerpecker  Dicaeum concolor 2 2        
Purple-rumped sunbird  Leptocoma zylonica 2 4 3 3    
Small Sunbird  Leptocoma minima 2 4        
Loten`s Sunbird  Cinnyris lotenia 1 2        
Vigors`s Sunbird  Aethopyga vigorsii 1 1        
Red-headed Bullfinch  Pyrrhula erythrocephala         1 1
Black-and-yellow Grosbeak  Mycerobas icterioides         2 4
Black-throated Munia  Lonchura kelaarti 2 2        
Tricoloured Munia  Lonchura malacca 2 2        
Sind Sparrow  Passer pyrrhonotus     2 2 3 3
Black-breasted Weaver  Ploceus benghalensis     1 1    
Malabar White-headed Starling Sturnia blythii 3 6        
Brahminy Starling  Temenuchus pagodarum 3 3 4 8    
Bank myna  Acridotheres ginginianus     4 4    
Lesser Hill Myna  Gracula indica 3 8        
White-bellied Drongo  Dicrurus caerulescens 3 3        
Black-headed Jay  Garrulus Lanceolatus     3 6    
White-bellied Treepie  Dendrocitta leucogastra 2 6        
Large-spotted Nutcracker  Nucifraga multipunctata     1 1 3 3
 
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