Checklist of Birds Endemic to India

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BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology.

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http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/Endemic%20Birds/Endemic%20Birds%201.htm

Checklist Details

Checklist Key -
SR - split within region
SE - split within extralimital species
RR - relocation of race
CR - critically endangered
EN - endangered
VU - vulnerable
NT - near threatened
LC - least concern
RV - status revision required

Checklist Stats -
Number of species: 79.

Checklist
s.no. common_name scientific_name bnhs_status
1 Andaman Teal Anas albogularis SE, RV
2 Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri SR, VU
3 Great Nicobar Serpent-Eagle Spilornis klossi NT
4 Andaman Serpent-eagle Spilornis elgini NT
5 Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa CR
6 Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis SE, VU
7 Painted Bush-quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha LC
8 Manipur Bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis VU
9 Rock Bush-quail Perdicula argoondah LC
10 Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea LC
11 Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata LC
12 Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii LC
13 Andaman Crake Rallina canningi DD
14 Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus CR
15 Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii VU
16 Andaman Woodpigeon Columba palumboides NT
17 Andaman Cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis NT
18 Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis SR, LC
19 Andaman Green-pigeon Treron chloropterus SR, RV
20 Nicobar Imperial-pigeon Ducula nicobarica SR, RV
21 Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides LC
22 Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps NT
23 Andaman Coucal (Brown Coucal) Centropus andamanensis(Centropus sinensis andamanensis) SR, LC
24 Andaman Barn-owl Tyto deroepstorffi SR, RV
25 Andaman Scops-owl Otus balli NT
26 Nicobar Scops-owl Otus alius SR, RR, DD
27 Mottled Wood-owl Strix ocellata LC
28 Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti CR
29 Hume’s Hawk-owl Ninox obscura SR, RV
30 Andaman Hawk-owl Ninox affinis NT
31 Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus SR, RV
32 Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus SR, LC
33 Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami SE, VU
34 White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis LC
35 Malabar Barbet Megalaima malabarica SR, LC
36 Andaman Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei SR, NT
37 Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica LC
38 Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva LC
39 Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis NT
40 Andaman Cuckooshrike Coracina dobsoni RV
41 Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola RV
42 White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis SR, LC
43 Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus LC
44 Andaman Bulbul Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens SR, RV
45 Flame-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus gularis SR, RV
46 Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus VU
47 Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis VU
48 Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis SR, RV
49 Malabar Whistling-thrush Myiophonus horsfieldii LC
50 Nicobar Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus SR, RV
51 Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa NT
52 Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus NT
53 White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes LC
54 Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris RV
55 White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris SR, VU
56 Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major SR, VU
57 Wynaad Laughingthrush Dryonastes delesserti SR, LC
58 Kerala Laughingthrush Trochalepteron fairbanki RR, NT
59 Black-chinned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron cachinnans EN
60 Indian Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus [schisticeps] horsfieldii SR, LC
61 Mishmi Wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis VU
62 Naga Wren-babbler Austen’s Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus LC
63 Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus VU
64 Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Sphenocichla humei NT
65 Indian Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa LC
66 Indian Broad-tailed Grass-warbler Schoenicola platyurus VU
67 White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis VU
68 Indian Yellow Tit Parus aplonotus LC
69 Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor LC
70 Andaman Flowerpecker Dicaeum virescens SR, RV
71 Small Sunbird Leptocoma minima LC
72 Vigors’s Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii SR, LC
73 Sillem’s Mountain-finch Leucosticte sillemi DD
74 Green Avadavat Amandava formosa VU
75 Malabar White-headed Starling Sturnia blythii SR, RV
76 Andaman White-headed Starling Sturnia erythropygia RV
77 Andaman Drongo Dicrurus andamanensis NT
78 White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra LC
79 Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleyi NT