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Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation 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. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...

 among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds

Endemism in birds

An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....

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-- See also Endemic Birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Endemic birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.-Endemic Bird Areas:...

Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International

BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources...

 has defined the following Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in the subcontinent:

• The Western Ghats
• Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  

Each area has its own set of endemic species, and there are further species shared between the two which are not found elsewhere.

In addition the following are classified as Secondary areas (areas with at least one restricted-range bird species, but not meeting the criteria to qualify as EBAs)

• Eastern Andhra Pradesh
  Andhra Pradesh
  Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
  
   - covering the range of Jerdon's Courser
  Jerdon's Courser
  The Jerdon's Courser is a nocturnal bird belonging to the pratincole and courser family Glareolidae endemic to India. The bird was discovered by the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1848 but not seen again until its rediscovery in 1986. This courser is a restricted-range endemic found...
  
  
• Southern Deccan Plateau
  Deccan Plateau
  The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country. It rises a hundred meters high in the north, rising further to more than a kilometers high in the south, forming a raised triangle nested within the familiar downward-pointing triangle of...
  
   - covering the range of Yellow-throated Bulbul
  Yellow-throated Bulbul
  The Yellow-throated Bulbul is a species of bulbul endemic to southern peninsular India. They are found on scrub habitats on steep, rocky hills many of which are threatened by granite quarrying. It is confusable only with the White-browed Bulbul with which its range overlaps but is distinctively...
  
  , Yellow-billed Babbler
  Yellow-billed Babbler
  The Yellow-billed Babbler or White-headed Babbler is an Old World babbler endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. The Yellow-billed Babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land...
  
  , Sykes's Lark
  Sykes's Lark
  Sykes's Lark is a species of lark found in the dry open country of peninsular India. Its distribution is manly restricted to Central India, although stray records have been found elsewhere in India. It is identified by its prominent crest and its overall rufous colouration...
  
  , Jerdon's Bushlark
  Jerdon's Bushlark
  The Jerdon's Bushlark is a lark of the open countryside found in southern India. This species was earlier considered a subspecies of the Rufous-winged Bushlark . However recent studies of differences in call and distribution have led to it being treated as a full species.-Description:M...
  
  , Crested Hawk-eagle
• Central Indian Forests
  Central Indian Forests
  Central Indian forests has been defined by Birdlife International as an Endemic Bird Area as it includes the range of the critically endangered Forest Owlet. It includes the southern region of Madhya Pradesh, the Vidarbha region of Maharastra and Chattisgarh. This forest consists of Dry Deciduous...
  
   - covering the range of Forest Owlet
  Forest Owlet
  The Forest Owlet is an owl that is endemic to the forests of central India. This species belongs to the typical owls family, Strigidae. After it was described in 1873 and last seen in the wild in 1884, it was considered extinct until it was rediscovered 113 years later in 1997 by Pamela Rasmussen...
  
  

Species endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills

• Nisaetus kelaarti (also extends into Sri Lanka))
• Nilgiri Woodpigeon
• Malabar Parakeet
  Malabar Parakeet
  The Malabar Parakeet also known as the Blue-winged Parakeet, is a species of parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. Found in small flocks, they fly rapidly in forest clearings while making screeching calls that differ from those of other parakeet species within their distribution...
  
  
• Malabar Grey Hornbill
  Malabar Grey Hornbill
  The Malabar Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros griseus, is a hornbill that is endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills of southern India. They have a large beak but lack the casque that is prominent in other species of hornbills. They are found mainly in dense forest and around rubber, arecanut or...
  
  
• Malabar Barbet
  Malabar Barbet
  The Malabar Barbet is a small barbet found in the Western Ghats of India. It was formerly treated as a race of the Crimson-fronted Barbet. It overlaps in some places with the range of the Coppersmith Barbet .-Description:This species can be told apart from the Coppersmith Barbet by the crimson...
  
  
• White-cheeked Barbet
  White-cheeked Barbet
  The White-cheeked Barbet or Small Green Barbet is a species of barbet found in southern India. It is very similar to the more widespread Brown-headed Barbet but this species has a distinctive supercilium and a broad white cheek stripe below the eye and is endemic to the forest areas of the...
  
  
• Nilgiri Flowerpecker
• Crimson-backed Sunbird
  Crimson-backed Sunbird
  The Crimson-backed Sunbird or Small Sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Like other sunbirds, they feed mainly on nectar although they take insects, especially to feed their young...
  
  
• Nilgiri Pipit
  Nilgiri Pipit
  The Nilgiri Pipit, Anthus nilghiriensis is a long near threatened bird species endemic to the Western Ghats in South India.It is closely associated with short montane grasslands interspersed with marshy grounds and small streams mostly in hill slopes above of Tamil Nadu and Kerala...
  
  
• Malabar Lark
  Malabar Lark
  The Malabar Lark, or Malabar Crested Lark, Galerida malabarica, is a sedentary breeding bird in western India.This is a common bird of open country, cultivation and scrub, often at some altitude. It nests on the ground, laying two to three eggs...
  
  
• White-bellied Treepie
  White-bellied Treepie
  The White-bellied Treepie is a bird of the crow family endemic to the forests of southern India. They overlap in distribution in some areas with the Rufous Treepie but are easily to tell apart both from appearance and call....
  
  
• Grey-headed Bulbul
  Grey-headed Bulbul
  The Grey-headed Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of south-west India, found from Goa south to Tamil Nadu, at altitudes up to 1200m. It is found in dense reeds or thickets mainly near rivers and swampy areas inside forests...
  
  
• Flame-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus gularis)
• Rufous Babbler
  Rufous Babbler
  The Rufous Babbler is an Old World babbler endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. It is dark brown and long tailed, and is usually seen foraging in noisy groups along open hillsides grass or forest.-Description:...
  
  
• Nilgiri Laughingthrush
• Kerala Laughingthrush
• Wynaad Laughingthrush
  Wynaad Laughingthrush
  The Wynaad Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.-Description:...
  
  
• Crimson-backed Sunbird
  Crimson-backed Sunbird
  The Crimson-backed Sunbird or Small Sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Like other sunbirds, they feed mainly on nectar although they take insects, especially to feed their young...
  
  
• Vigors's Sunbird
• Indian Yellow Tit (Parus (xanthogenys) aplonotus)
• White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
  White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
  The White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis pallipes, is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.This is an insectivorous species which breeds in the Western Ghats of southwest India....
  
  
• Black-and-orange Flycatcher
  Black-and-orange Flycatcher
  The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is a species of flycatcher endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats, the Nilgiris and Palni hill ranges in southern India...
  
  
• Nilgiri Flycatcher
  Nilgiri Flycatcher
  The Nilgiri Flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher with a very restricted range in the hills of southern India. It has a colour similar to that of the Verditer Flycatcher which is a winter visitor to the Nilgiris but lacks the dark lores of that species...
  
  
• White-bellied Shortwing
  White-bellied Shortwing
  The Nilgiri Blue Robin refers to a kind of bird in the Muscicapidae family endemic to the Shola forests of the higher hills of southern India, mainly north of the Palghat Gap. Both the White-bellied Blue Robin and this species were once treated as sub-species of a single species and in 2005 were...
  
  
• Rufous-bellied Shortwing
• Nilgiri Thrush
• Broad-tailed Grassbird
  Broad-tailed Grassbird
  The Broad-tailed Grassbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India with the possibility of occurrence in Sri Lanka. A small, mostly brown bird, it has a broad rounded and graduated tail...
  
  
• Malabar White-headed Starling
• Malabar Woodshrike (Tephrodornis sylvicola)
• Square-tailed Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes ganeesa)

Species endemic to Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Spurfowl
  Sri Lanka Spurfowl
  The Sri Lanka Spurfowl, Galloperdix bicalcarata, is a member of the pheasant family which is endemic to the dense rainforests of Sri Lanka....
  
  
• Sri Lanka junglefowl
  Sri Lanka Junglefowl
  The Sri Lankan Junglefowl , also known during the colonial era as the Ceylon Junglefowl, is a member of the pheasant family which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the national bird. It is closely related to the Red Junglefowl , the wild junglefowl from which the chicken was domesticated...
  
  
• Layard's Parakeet
  Layard's Parakeet
  The Layard's Parakeet is a parrot which is a resident endemic breeder in Sri Lanka. The common name of this bird commemorates the British naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard; his first wife, Barbara Anne Calthrop, whom he married in 1845, is commemorated in the specific epithet.-Description:Layard's...
  
  
• Sri Lanka Wood-pigeon
  Sri Lanka Wood-pigeon
  The Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri Lanka.This species nests in damp evergeen woodlands in the central highlands, building a stick nest in a tree and laying a single white egg...
  
  
• Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot
  Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot
  The Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot is a small parrot which is a resident endemic breeder in Sri Lanka.-Description:The Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot is a small, mainly green hanging parrot, only 13 cm long with a short tail. The adult has a red crown and rump. The nape and back have on orange tint. The...
  
  
• Green-billed Coucal
  Green-billed Coucal
  The Green-billed Coucal, Centropus chlororhynchos, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin....
  
  
• Red-faced Malkoha
  Red-faced Malkoha
  The Red-faced Malkoha, Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. This Malkoha species is endemic to Sri Lanka-Description:...
  
  
• Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill
  Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill
  The Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill is a hornbill and a widespread and common endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World....
  
  
• Black-crested Bulbul
  Black-crested Bulbul
  The Black-crested Bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent including in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, and eastwards in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia....
  
  
• Yellow-eared Bulbul
  Yellow-eared Bulbul
  The Yellow-eared Bulbul, Pycnonotus penicillatus, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is an endemic resident breeder in the highlands of Sri Lanka....
  
  
• Yellow-fronted Barbet
  Yellow-fronted Barbet
  Yellow-fronted Barbet is an Asian barbet which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution...
  
  
• Crimson-fronted Barbet
  Crimson-fronted Barbet
  Crimson-fronted Barbet or Ceylon Small Barbet or Small Barbet is an Asian barbet endemic to Sri Lanka. The Malabar Barbet endemic to the Western Ghats of India used to be treated as a subspecies of this species. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical...
  
  
• White-throated Flowerpecker
  White-throated Flowerpecker
  Legge's Flowerpecker or White-throated Flowerpecker is a small passerine bird. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. It is named after the Australian ornithologist William Vincent Legge....
  
  
• Sri Lanka White-eye
  Sri Lanka White-eye
  The Sri Lanka White-eye, Zosterops ceylonensis, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in forests, gardens and plantations which is endemic to Sri Lanka, mainly in the highlands.-Description:...
  
  
• Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
  Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
  The Sri Lanka Blue Magpie or Ceylon Magpie is a member of the crow family living in the hill forests of Sri Lanka, where it is endemic....
  
  
• Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush
  Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush
  The Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush, Myophonus blighi, is a whistling thrush in the thrush family Turdidae. It is a resident endemic bird in Sri Lanka....
  
  
• Spot-winged Thrush
  Spot-winged Thrush
  The Spot-winged Thrush, Zoothera spiloptera, is an Asian thrush, a group within the large thrush family Turdidae.It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka...
  
  
• Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush
  White's Thrush
  The White's Thrush or Scaly Thrush is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Zoothera dauma imbricata
• Ashy-headed Laughingthrush
  Ashy-headed Laughingthrush
  The Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Garrulax cinereifrons, is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage...
  
  
• White-faced Starling
  White-faced Starling
  The White-faced Starling, Sturnus albofrontatus, is a member of the starling family of birds. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. It was for a long time erroneously known as S...
  
  
• Brown-capped Babbler
  Brown-capped Babbler
  The Brown-capped Babbler is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia.The Brown-capped Babbler is an endemic resident breeding bird in Sri...
  
  
• Orange-billed Babbler
  Orange-billed Babbler
  The Orange-billed Babbler, Turdoides rufescens, also known as Ceylon Rufous Babbler or Sri Lankan Rufous Babbler is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage...
  
  
• White-browed Scimitar-babbler
  White-browed Scimitar-babbler
  The White-browed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
  
   Pomatorhinus schisticeps melanurus
• Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
  Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
  The Sri Lanka Bush Warbler, Ceylon Bush Warbler or Palliser's Warbler is an Old World warbler which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka, where it is the only bush warbler...
  
  
• Dull-blue Flycatcher
  Dull-blue Flycatcher
  The Dull-blue Flycatcher , Eumyias sordida, is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.This species is an endemic resident breeder in the hills of central Sri Lanka....
  
  
• Sri Lanka Myna
  Sri Lanka Myna
  The Sri Lanka Myna, Ceylon Myna or Sri Lanka Hill Myna , is a myna, a member of the starling family. This bird is endemic to Sri Lanka....
  
  
• Black-throated Munia
  Black-throated Munia
  The Black-throated Munia or Jerdon's Mannikin is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in the hills of southwest India, the Eastern Ghats and Sri Lanka.-Subspecies:...
  
  
• Serendib Scops-owl
• Chestnut-backed Owlet
  Chestnut-backed Owlet
  The Chestnut-backed Owlet, Glaucidium castanonotum, is an owl which is endemic to Sri Lanka. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.-Identification or Description:The...
  
  

Species endemic to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka combined

• Sri Lanka Bay Owl
  Oriental Bay Owl
  The Oriental Bay Owl is a type of owl, usually classified with barn owls. It is completely nocturnal, and can be found throughout Southeast Asia. It has several subspecies. It has a heart-shaped face with earlike extensions...
  
   Phodilus badius assimilis
• Sri Lanka Frogmouth
  Sri Lanka Frogmouth
  The Sri Lanka Frogmouth or Ceylon Frogmouth is a small frogmouth found in the Western Ghats of south India and Sri Lanka. Related to the nightjars, they are nocturnal and are found in forest habitats...
  
  
• Indian Swiftlet
  Indian Swiftlet
  The Indian Swiftlet, or Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet, Aerodramus unicolor, is a small swift. It is a common resident colonial breeder in the hills of Sri Lanka and south west India.The half-cup nest is built on a vertical surface, often in a cave...
  
  

Other localised species endemic to peninsular India

• Grey Junglefowl
  Grey Junglefowl
  The Grey Junglefowl , also known as Sonnerat's Junglefowl, is a wild relative of domestic fowl that is endemic to India. This species is found mainly in peninsular India and where it overlaps with the distribution of the Red Junglefowl, it is known to form hybrids...
  
  
• Jerdon's Courser
  Jerdon's Courser
  The Jerdon's Courser is a nocturnal bird belonging to the pratincole and courser family Glareolidae endemic to India. The bird was discovered by the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1848 but not seen again until its rediscovery in 1986. This courser is a restricted-range endemic found...
  
  
• Blue-faced Malkoha
  Blue-faced Malkoha
  The Blue-faced Malkoha, Phaenicophaeus viridirostris , is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin....
  
  
• Forest Owlet
  Forest Owlet
  The Forest Owlet is an owl that is endemic to the forests of central India. This species belongs to the typical owls family, Strigidae. After it was described in 1873 and last seen in the wild in 1884, it was considered extinct until it was rediscovered 113 years later in 1997 by Pamela Rasmussen...
  
  
• White-cheeked Barbet
  White-cheeked Barbet
  The White-cheeked Barbet or Small Green Barbet is a species of barbet found in southern India. It is very similar to the more widespread Brown-headed Barbet but this species has a distinctive supercilium and a broad white cheek stripe below the eye and is endemic to the forest areas of the...
  
  
• Yellow-billed Babbler
  Yellow-billed Babbler
  The Yellow-billed Babbler or White-headed Babbler is an Old World babbler endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. The Yellow-billed Babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land...
  
  
• Loten's Sunbird
  Loten's Sunbird
  The Loten's Sunbird, Long-billed Sunbird or Maroon-breasted Sunbird, Cinnyris lotenius , is a sunbird endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Its long bill distinguishes it from the similar Purple Sunbird that is found in the same areas and also tends to hover at flowers...
  
  
• Purple-rumped Sunbird
  Purple-rumped Sunbird
  The Purple-rumped Sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to feed. They build a hanging pouch...
  
  
• Jerdon's Bushlark
  Jerdon's Bushlark
  The Jerdon's Bushlark is a lark of the open countryside found in southern India. This species was earlier considered a subspecies of the Rufous-winged Bushlark . However recent studies of differences in call and distribution have led to it being treated as a full species.-Description:M...
  
  
• Sykes's Lark
  Sykes's Lark
  Sykes's Lark is a species of lark found in the dry open country of peninsular India. Its distribution is manly restricted to Central India, although stray records have been found elsewhere in India. It is identified by its prominent crest and its overall rufous colouration...
  
  

Other localised species endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka combined

• Jerdon's Nightjar
  Jerdon's Nightjar
  Jerdon's Nightjar is a medium-sized nightjar species which is found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Formerly considered as a subspecies of the Long-tailed Nightjar it is best recognized by its distinctive call.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Malabar Trogon
  Malabar Trogon
  The Malabar Trogon is a species of bird in the trogon family. It is found in the forests of Sri Lanka and peninsular India. In India it is mainly found in the Western Ghats, hill forests of central India and in parts of the Eastern Ghats...
  
  
• Malabar Pied Hornbill
  Malabar Pied Hornbill
  The Malabar Pied Hornbill is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World....
  
  
• Nisaetus kelaarti

Species endemic to northern parts of the subcontinent

• Swamp Francolin
  Swamp Francolin
  The Swamp Partridge or Swamp Francolin is a species of partridge found in parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh mostly in the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys.-Description:From Frank Finn's The Game Birds of India & Asia :...
  
  
• Chestnut-breasted Hill-partridge
• Himalayan Quail
  Himalayan Quail
  The Himalayan Quail is a medium-sized quail belonging to the pheasant family. It was last reported in 1876 and is feared extinct. This species was known from only 2 locations in the western Himalayas in Uttarakhand, north-west India...
  
  
• Manipur Bush-quail
• Jungle Bush-quail
• Rock Bush-quail
• Western Tragopan
  Western Tragopan
  The Western Tragopan or Western Horned Tragopan is a medium-sized brightly plumaged pheasant found along the Himalayas from Hazara in northern Pakistan in the west to Uttarakhand within India to the east...
  
  
• Cheer Pheasant
  Cheer Pheasant
  The Cheer Pheasant, Catreus wallichii also known as Wallich's Pheasant is an endangered species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in monotypic genus Catreus...
  
  
• Himalayan Parakeet
• Brown-fronted Woodpecker
  Brown-fronted Woodpecker
  The Brown-fronted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  
  
• Himalayan Woodpecker
  Himalayan Woodpecker
  The Himalayan Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.-Description:...
  
  

Other species endemic to the subcontinent

• Painted Francolin
  Painted Francolin
  The Painted Francolin or Painted Partridge is a species of Francolin found in grassy areas in central and southern India and in the lowlands of southeastern Sri Lanka. They are easily detected by their loud calls especially during the breeding season. Thomas C...
  
  
• Painted Bush-quail
• Red Spurfowl
  Red Spurfowl
  The Red Spurfowl is a member of the pheasant family and is endemic to India. It is a bird of forests, and is quite secretive despite its size. It has a distinctive call and is often hard to see except for a few seconds when it flushes from the undergrowth. It appears reddish and like a long-tailed...
  
  
• Painted Spurfowl
  Painted Spurfowl
  The Painted Spurfowl is a bird of the pheasant family found in rocky hill and scrub forests mainly in peninsular India. Males are more brightly coloured and spotted boldly in white. Males have two to four spurs while females can have one or two of th spurs on their tarsus. The species is found...
  
  
• Indian Peafowl
  Indian Peafowl
  The Indian Peafowl or Blue Peafowl is a large and brightly coloured bird of the pheasant family native to South Asia, but introduced and semi-feral in many other parts of the world...
  
  
• Indian Black Ibis
• Crested Hawk-eagle
• Indian Vulture
• Lesser Florican
  Lesser Florican
  The Lesser Florican , also known as the Likh, is a large bird in the bustard family and the only member of the genus Sypheotides. It is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent where it is found in tall grasslands and is best known for the leaping breeding displays made by the males during the Monsoon...
  
  
• Indian Bustard
• Indian Courser
  Indian Courser
  The Indian Courser is a species of courser found in mainland South Asia, mainly in the plains bounded by the Ganges and Indus river system...
  
  
• Yellow-wattled Lapwing
  Yellow-wattled Lapwing
  The Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Vanellus malabaricus, is a lapwing, a group of medium sized waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a non-migratory breeder restricted to the Indian Subcontinent and is found on the dry plains. Although they do not migrate, they are known to make seasonal movements in...
  
  
• Painted Sandgrouse
  Painted Sandgrouse
  The Painted Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family found in South Asia.- References : Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern...
  
  
• Plum-headed Parakeet
  Plum-headed Parakeet
  The Plum-headed Parakeet is a parakeet endemic to the Indian Subcontinent, being a resident breeder in much of the region.-Description:...
  
  
• Grey-bellied Cuckoo
  Grey-bellied Cuckoo
  The Grey-bellied Cuckoo or the Indian Plaintive Cuckoo, Cacomantis passerinus, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin....
  
  
• Common Hawk-cuckoo
  Common Hawk-cuckoo
  The Common Hawk-Cuckoo , popularly known as the Brainfever bird, is a medium sized cuckoo resident in South Asia. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, a sparrow hawk, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch...
  
  
• Sirkeer Malkoha
  Sirkeer Malkoha
  The Sirkeer Malkoha or Sirkeer Cuckoo , is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin. It is a resident bird in the Indian subcontinent....
  
  
• Indian Eagle-owl
• Mottled Wood-owl
• Indian Scops-owl
• Indian Jungle Nightjar
• Indian White-rumped Spinetail
• Indian Grey Hornbill
  Indian Grey Hornbill
  The Indian Grey Hornbill is a common hornbill found on the Indian subcontinent. It is mostly arboreal and is commonly sighted in pairs. They have grey feathers all over the body with a light grey or dull white belly. The horn is black or dark grey with a casque extending up to the point of...
  
  
• Brown-headed Barbet
  Brown-headed Barbet
  The Brown-headed Barbet or Large Green Barbet is an Asian barbet. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.The Brown-headed Barbet is a resident breeder in India and...
  
  
• Brown-capped Woodpecker
  Brown-capped Woodpecker
  The Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker is a species of woodpecker found in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.-Description:A small brown and white woodpecker with distinctive pink-rimmed white irises. Barred brown and white above, lightly streaked dirty white below. Tail spotted white...
  
  
• Black-rumped Flameback
  Black-rumped Flameback
  The Black-rumped Flameback , also known as the Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker or Lesser Goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in South Asia. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight...
  
  
• White-naped Flameback
• Indian Pitta
  Indian Pitta
  The Indian Pitta is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds mainly in the sub-Himalayas and winters in southern India and Sri Lanka. These birds are found in thick undergrowth and are often more easily detected by their calls...
  
  
• Indian Bushlark
  Indian Bushlark
  The Indian Bush Lark, Indian Bushlark or Red-winged Bushlark is a species of bushlark found in South Asia mainly in India.-Description:...
  
  
• Jerdon's Bushlark
  Jerdon's Bushlark
  The Jerdon's Bushlark is a lark of the open countryside found in southern India. This species was earlier considered a subspecies of the Rufous-winged Bushlark . However recent studies of differences in call and distribution have led to it being treated as a full species.-Description:M...
  
  
• Bengal Bushlark
• Ashy-crowned Finch-lark
• Rufous-tailed Lark
  Rufous-tailed Lark
  The Rufous-tailed Lark also sometimes called the Rufous-tailed Finch-Lark is a ground bird found in the drier open stony habitats of India and parts of Pakistan. Like other species in the genus it has a large finch-like bill with a slightly curved edge to the upper mandible...
  
  
• Sykes's Lark
  Sykes's Lark
  Sykes's Lark is a species of lark found in the dry open country of peninsular India. Its distribution is manly restricted to Central India, although stray records have been found elsewhere in India. It is identified by its prominent crest and its overall rufous colouration...
  
  
• Red-rumped Swallow
  Red-rumped Swallow
  The Red-rumped Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in open hilly country of temperate southern Europe and Asia from Portugal and Spain to Japan, India and tropical Africa. The Indian and African birds are resident, but European and other Asian birds are migratory...
  
   Hirundo daurica hyperythra
• White-browed Wagtail
  White-browed Wagtail
  The White-browed Wagtail or Large Pied Wagtail is a medium-sized bird and is the largest member of the wagtail family. They are conspicuously patterned with black above and white below, a prominent white brow, shoulder stripe and outer tail feathers...
  
  
• Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike
  Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike
  The Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike is a species of cuckooshrike found in south and south-east Asia....
  
  
• White-bellied Minivet
  White-bellied Minivet
  The White-bellied Minivet is a species of minivet found in India, mostly in dry deciduous forest.The species is characterized by stable population trend and extent of occurrence of more than 20 thousand km2....
  
  
• Orange Minivet
• Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis sylvicola
• Sri Lanka Woodshrike
  Common Woodshrike
  The Common Woodshrike is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae. The woodshrikes were formerly placed in the Campephagidae sometimes. It is found in southern Asia where it occurs in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand...
  
   Tephrodornis pondicerianus affinis
• White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albicollis albogularis

Near-endemics and seasonal endemics

In addition, the following species are near-endemics i.e. only a small proportion of the population is found outside the subcontinent

• Pink-headed Duck
  Pink-headed Duck
  The Pink-headed Duck is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but feared extinct since the 1950s. Numerous searches have failed to provide any proof of continued existence...
  
  
• Grey Francolin
  Grey Francolin
  The Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus is a species of francolin found in the plains and drier parts of South Asia...
  
  
• Satyr Tragopan
  Satyr Tragopan
  The Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra, also known as the Crimson Horned Pheasant, is a pheasant found in the Himalayan reaches of India, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. They reside in moist oak and rhododendron forests with dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, shrubland...
  
  
• Himalayan Monal
  Himalayan Monal
  The Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus also known as the Impeyan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant or Danphe is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the Danfe, and the state bird of Uttarakhand.Traditionally, the...
  
  
• White-bellied Heron
  White-bellied Heron
  The White-bellied Heron is a species of large heron found in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in India, northeastern Bangladesh, Burma and Bhutan. Records in the past have been from Nepal. It is mostly all dark grey with white throat and underparts. This heron is mostly solitary and is found...
  
  
• Indian Spotted Eagle
  Indian Spotted Eagle
  The Indian Spotted Eagle is a large South Asian bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...
  
  
• Laggar Falcon
  Laggar Falcon
  The Laggar Falcon is a mid-sized bird of prey which occurs in the Indian subcontinent from extreme south-east Iran, south-east Afghanistan, Pakistan, through India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and north-west Myanmar....
  
  
• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
  Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
  The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide is a sparrow-sized bird in the honeyguide family that is found in Asia, mainly in montane forests along the Himalayas. They are very finch-like but the feet are strong and the feet are zygodactyl, with two toes facing forward and two backward. They perch on honeycombs...
  
  
• Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
  Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
  The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.-Description:...
  
  
• Sind Woodpecker
  Sind Woodpecker
  The Sind Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in India, Iran, and Pakistan.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...
  
  
• Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
  Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
  The Scaly-bellied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.-Habitat:...
  
  

The following species is endemic as a breeding species, but winters elsewhere

• Dark-rumped Swift
  Dark-rumped Swift
  The Dark-rumped Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....