Endemic birds of South Asia

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 birds of South Asia are those birds that belong to or are native to that area.[1] See also Endemic Birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Patterns of endemism

To be completed later.

Endemic Bird Areas

BirdLife International has defined the following Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in the subcontinent:[2]

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)

List of species

Species endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills

Malabar parakeet
White-cheeked barbet
Crimson sunbird
Nilgiri flycatcher

Species endemic to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka wood-pigeon
Crimson-fronted barbet

Species endemic to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka combined

Other localised species endemic to peninsular India

Jerdon's courser

Other localised species endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka combined

Species endemic to northern parts of the subcontinent

Rock bush-quail

Other species endemic to the subcontinent

Indian peafowl
Indian black ibis
Common hawk-cuckoo
Indian grey hornbill

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

Grey francolin

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Endemic | Definition of endemic by Merriam-Webster accessed October 15, 2015 from www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endemic
  2. ↑ del Hoyo, Josep and Collar, Nigel J. Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-passerines Jan 1, 2014
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