Endemic birds of the Himalayas
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.
List of species
Western Himalayan endemics
- Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)
- Western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
- Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichi)
- White-cheeked tit (Aegithalos leucogenys)
- White-throated tit (Aegithalos niveogularis)
- Brooks's leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis)
- Kashmir nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis)
- Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra)
- Spectacled finch (Callacanthis burtoni)
- Orange bullfinch (Pyrrhula aurantiaca)
Central Himalayan endemics
- Nepal wren-babbler (Pnoepyga immaculata)
- Spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis)
- Hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
Eastern Himalayan endemics
- Chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii)
- Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
- Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri)
- Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
- Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)
- Yellow-vented warbler (Phylloscopus cantator)
- Broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni)
- Rufous-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis caudatus)
- Rusty-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis badeigularis)
- Tawny-breasted wren-babbler (Spelaeornis longicaudatus)
- Snowy-throated babbler (Stachyris oglei)
- Striped laughingthrush (Garrulax virgatus)
- Brown-capped laughingthrush (Garrulax austeni)
- Hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
- Streak-throated barwing (Actinodura waldeni)
- Ludlow's fulvetta (Alcippe ludlowi)
- Grey sibia (Heterophasia gracilis)
- Beautiful sibia (Heterophasia pulchella)
- White-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)
- White-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae)
- Rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
Other endemics
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- Black-headed jay (Garrulus lanceolatus)
- Larger-spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata)
- White-cheeked nuthatch
- Rusty-flanked treecreeper
- Spot-winged tit
- Black-lored tit
Near-endemics
The following species are almost wholly confined to the Himalayas, with only a small part of their range occurring beyond.
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