Endemic Birds of India

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

 

S. No.

Species Name

1

Andaman Teal Anas albogularis

2

Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri

3

Nicobar Serpent-Eagle Spilornis minimus

4

Andaman Serpent-eagle Spilornis elgini

5

Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa

6

Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis

7

Painted Bush-quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha

8

Manipur Bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis

9

Rock Bush-quail Perdicula argoondah

10

Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea

11

Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata

12

Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii

13

Andaman Crake Rallina canningi

14

Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus

15

Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii

16

Andaman Woodpigeon Columba palumboides

17

Andaman Cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis

18

Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis

19

Andaman Green-pigeon Treron chloropterus

20

Nicobar Imperial-pigeon Ducula nicobarica

21

Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides

22

Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps

23

Andaman Coucal Centropus andamanensis (Centropus sinensis andamanensis)

24

Andaman Barn-owl Tyto deroepstorffi

25

Andaman Scops-owl Otus balli

26

Nicobar Scops-owl Otus alius

27

Mottled Wood-owl Strix ocellata.

28

Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti

29

Hume’s Hawk-owl Ninox obscura

30

Andaman Hawk-owl Ninox affinis

31

Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus

32

Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus

33

Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami

34

White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis

35

Malabar Barbet Megalaima malabarica

36

Andaman Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei

37

Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica

38

Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva

39

Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis

40

Andaman Cuckooshrike Coracina striata Coracina dobsoni

41

Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola

42

White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis

43

Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus

44

Andaman Bulbul Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens

45

Flame-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus gularis

46

Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus

47

Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis

48

Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis

49

Malabar Whistling-thrush Myiophonus horsfieldii

50

Nicobar Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus

51

Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa

52

Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus

53

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes

54

Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris

55

White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris

56

Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major

57

Wynaad Laughingthrush Dryonastes delesserti

58

Kerala Laughingthrush Garrulax fairbanki

59

Black-chinned  Laughingthrush  Trochalopteron cachinnans

60

Indian Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus[ schisticeps] horsfieldii

61

Mishmi Wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis

62

Naga Wren-babbler (Austen’s Wren-Babbler) Spelaeornis chocolatinus

63

Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus

64

Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Sphenocichla humei

65

Indian Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa

66

Indian Broad-tailed Grass-warbler Schoenicola platyurus

67

White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis

68

Indian Yellow Tit Parus aplonotus

69

Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor

70

Andaman Flowerpecker Dicaeum virescens

71

Small Sunbird Leptocoma minima

72

Vigors’s Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii

73

Sillem’s Mountain-finch Leucosticte sillemi

74

Green Avadavat Amandava  formosa

75

Malabar White-headed Starling Sturnia blythii

76

Andaman White-headed Starling Sturnia erythropygia

77

Andaman Drongo Dicrurus andamanensis

78

White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra

79

Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleyi

Birds endemic to the Andaman Islands (20 Species)

1

Andaman Teal Anas albogularis

2

Andaman Serpent-eagle Spilornis elgini

3

Andaman Crake Rallina canningi

4

Andaman Wood-pigeon Columba palumboides

5

Andaman Cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis

6

Andaman Green-pigeon Treron chloroperus

7

Andaman Barn-owl Tyto deroepstorffi

8

Andaman Hawk-owl Ninox affinis

9

Hume’s Hawk-owl Ninox obscura

10

Andaman Scops-owl Otus balli

11

Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus

12

Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami

13

Andaman Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei

14

Andaman Cuckooshrike Coracina dobsoni

15

Andaman Bulbul Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens

16

Andaman Shama Copyschus albiventris

17

Andaman Flowerpecker Dicaeum virescens

18

Andaman White-headed Starling Sturnia erythropygia

19

Andaman Drongo Dicrurus andamanensis

20

Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleyi

Birds endemic to the Nicobar Islands (8 Species)

1

Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri

2

Great Nicobar Serpent-eagle Spilornis klossi

3

Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis

4

Nicobar Imperial-pigeon Ducula nicobarica

5

Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps

6

Nicobar Scops-owl Otus alius

7

Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis

8

Nicobar Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus

Birds Endemic to the South Asian mainland and Sri Lanka (190 species)

1

Indian Black Ibis Pseudibis: papillosa

2

Crested Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus

3

Indian Vulture Gyps indicus

4

Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus

5

Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis

6

Chestnut-breasted Hill-partridge Arborophila mandellii

7

Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa

8

Painted Bush-quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha

9

Manipur Bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis

10

Rock Bush-quail Perdicula argoondah

11

Jungle Bush-quail Perdicula asiatica

12

Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea

13

Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata

14

Ceylon Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata

15

Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii

16

Ceylon Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii

17

Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus

18

Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii

19

Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus

20

Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus

21

Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps

22

Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus

23

Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus

24

Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus

25

Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus

26

Nilgiri Wood-pigeon Columba elphinstonii

27

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon Treron affinis

28

Ceylon Woodpigeon Columba torringtonii

29

Ceylon Green-pigeon Treron pompadora

30

Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides

31

Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala

32

Himalayan Parakeet Psittacula himalayana

33

Layard’s Parakeet Psittacula calthropae

34

Ceylon Hanging-parrot Loriculus beryllinus

35

Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus

36

Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

37

Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos

38

Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

39

Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris

40

Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii

41

Indian Eagle-owl Bubo bengalensis

42

Mottled Wood-owl Strix ocelata

43

Indian Scops-owl Otus bakkamoena

44

Serendib Scops-owl Otus thilohoffmanni

45

Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti

46

Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanonotum

47

Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum

48

Indian Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

49

Jerdon’s Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis

50

Ceylon Frogmouth Batrachastomus moniliger

51

Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor

52

Indian White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica

53

Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus

54

Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus

55

Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

56

Ceylon Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis

57

Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus

58

Malabar Barbet Megalaima malabarica

59

White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis

60

Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica

61

Yellow-fronted Barbet Megalaima flavifrons

62

Ceylon Small Barbet Megalaima rubricapillus

63

Brown-fronted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopus auriceps

64

Indian Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus

65

Himalayan Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis

66

Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense

67

Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

68

White-naped Flameback Chrysocolaptes festivus

69

Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura

70

Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera

71

Jerdon’s Bushlark Mirafra affinis

72

Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica

73

Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva

74

Ashy-crowned Finch-lark Eremopterix griseus

75

Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura

76

Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola

77

Ceylon Swallow Hirundo hyperythra

78

Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola

79

White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

80

Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis

81

Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis

82

Ceylon Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis

83

White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius

84

Orange Minivet Pericrocotus solaris

85

Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys

86

Flame-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus gularis

87

Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus

88

Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus

89

Black-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus

90

Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus

91

White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus

92

Square-tailed Black Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa

93

Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica

94

Marshall’s Iora Aegithina nigrolutea

95

Jerdon’s Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni

96

White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis

97

Blue-headed Rock-thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus

98

Malabar Whistling-thrush Myophonus caeruleus

99

Ceylon Whistling-thrush Myophonus blighi

100

Tickell’s Thrush Turdus unicolor

101

Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus

102

Pied Ground Thrush Zoothera wardii

103

Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis

104

Spot-winged Ground-thrush Zoothera spiloptera

105

Ceylon Scaly Thrush Zoothera imbricata

106

White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris

107

Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major

108

Indian Black Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus

109

Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca

110

White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus

111

Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa

112

Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra

113

Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris

114

Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus

115

Dusky Blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus

116

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes

117

Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Garrulax cinereifrons

118

Black-chinned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron cachinans

119

Kerala Laughingthrush Trochalopteron fairbanki

120

Wynaad Laughingthrush Dryonastes delesserti

121

Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra

122

Dark-fronted Babbler Rhopocichla atriceps

123

Black-chinned Babbler Stachyris pyrrhops

124

Common Babbler Turdoides caudata

125

Slender-billed Babbler Turdoides longirostris

126

Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi

127

Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalenisis

128

Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata

129

Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis

130

Indian Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa

131

Ceylon Rufous Babbler Turdoides rufescens

132

Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus [schisticeps] horsfieldii

133

Ceylon Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus [schisticeps] melanurus

134

Nepal Wren-babbler Pnoepyga immaculata

135

Mishmi Wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis

136

Rufous-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis caudatus

137

Naga Wren-babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus

138

Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus

139

Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Sphenocichla humei

140

Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre

141

Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus

142

Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris

143

Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striata

144

Indian Broad-tailed Grass-warbler Schoenicola platyurus

145

Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

146

Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica

147

Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla

148

Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani

149

Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii

150

Swamp Prinia Prinia cinerascens

151

Sri Lanka Bush-warbler Elaphrornis palliseri

152

Tytler’s Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tytleri

153

Spot-winged Tit Parus melanolophus

154

White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis

155

White-cheeked Tit Aegithalos leucogenys

156

White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis

157

Black-lored Yellow Tit Parus xanthogenys

158

Indian Yellow Tit Parus aplonotus

159

Kashmir Nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis

160

White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis

161

Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea

162

Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erthrorhynchos

163

Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor

164

Legge’s Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens

165

Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica

166

Small Sunbird Leptocoma minimus

167

Vigors’s Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii

168

Loten’s Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius

169

Ceylon White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis

170

Red-browed Finch Callacanthis burtoni

171

Orange Bullfinch Pyrrhula aurantiaca

172

Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides

173

Tricoloured Munia Lonchura Malacca

174

Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti

175

Green Avadavat Amandava formosa

176

Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus

177

Finn’s Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus

178

Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis

179

White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

180

Ceylon Crested Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus

181

Malabar White-headed Starling Sturnia blythii

182

White-faced Starling Sturnia albofrontata

183

Brahminy Starling Temenuchus pagodarum

184

Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus

185

Lesser Hill-myna Gracula indica

186

Ceylon Hill-myna Gracula ptilogenys

187

Indian Jungle Crow Corvus [macrorhynchus] culminatus

188

Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus

189

White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra

190

Ceylon Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata

Possible Endemics to South Asian mainland (3 Species)

1

Bugun Liochichla Liocichla bugunorum

2

Brooks’s Leaf-warber Phylloscopus subviridis

3

Sillem’s Mountain-finch Leucostice sillemi

Breeding endemics (2 species)

1

Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda

2

Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spiloptera

Birds ‘Near Endemic’ to mainland South Asia (43 Species)

1

White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis

2

Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryopyllacea Extinct?

3

Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata

4

Laggar Falcon Falco jugger

5

Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus

6

Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra

7

Himalayan Monal Lophoporus impejanus

8

Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthontus

9

Fulvous-breasted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei

10

Sind Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis

11

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus squamatus

12

Bengal Bushlark Mirafra assamica

13

Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera

14

Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra

15

Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda MWG

16

Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum

17

Brown-capped Laughingthrush Ianthocincla austeni

18

Assam Laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum

19

Mount Victoria Babax Babax [lanceolatus] woodi

20

Variegated Laughingthrush Trochalopteron variegatum

21

Striped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum

22

Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush Dryonastes nuchalis

23

Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre

24

Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei

25

Brown-throated Fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi

26

Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis

27

Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata

28

Chin Hills Wren-babbler Spelaeornis oatesi

29

Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Sphenocichla roberti

30

Snowy-throated Babbler Stachyris oglei

31

Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis

32

Hume’s Bush Warbler Cettia brunnescens

33

Long-billed Bush Warbler Bradypterus major

34

Green-crowned Warbler Seicercus burkii

35

Whistler’s Warbler Seicercus whistleri

36

Smoky Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer

37

Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis

38

Afghan Snowfinch Pyrgilauda theresae

39

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus

40

Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochroa

41

Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura

42

Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus

43

Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala

 

 

List of the species whose status should be revised under Wildlife Protection Act

1

Andaman Teal  Anas albogularis

2

Andaman Green-pigeon Treron chloropterus

3

Nicobar Imperial-pigeon Ducula nicobarica

4

Andaman Barn-owl Tyto deroepstorffi

5

Hume’s Hawk-owl Ninox obscura

6

Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus

7

Andaman Cuckooshrike Coracina dobsoni

8

Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola

9

Andaman Bulbul Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens

10

Flame-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus gularis

11

Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis

12

Nicobar Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus

13

Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris

14

Andaman Flowerpecker Dicaeum virescens

15

Malabar White-headed Starling Sturnia blythii

16

Andaman White-headed Starling Sturnia erythropygia

Source: http://www.bnhsenvis.nic.in/writereaddata/buceros_17.pdf