List of 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

Black-crested tit (Periparus ater melanolophus)
Black-headed jay (Garrulus lanceolatus)
Brooks's leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis)
Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichi)^[1]
Himalayan black-lored tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys)
Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus)
Himalayan shrike-babbler (Pteruthius ripleyi)
Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni)
Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra)^[1]
Kashmir nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis)
Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)
Kashmir nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata)
Orange bullfinch (Pyrrhula aurantiaca)^[1]
Slaty-headed parakeet (Psittacula himalayana)
Snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)
Snow pigeon (Columba leuconota)
Spectacled finch (Callacanthis burtoni)^[1]
Tibetan blackbird (Turdus maximus)
Western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)^[1]
White-cheeked tit (Aegithalos leucogenys)
White-throated tit (Aegithalos niveogularis)^[1]
White-cheeked nuthatch ( Sitta leucopsis)

Central Himalayan endemics

Hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
Nepal cupwing (Pnoepyga immaculata)
Spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis)

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Eastern Himalayan endemics

Beautiful sibia (Heterophasia pulchella)
Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
Broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni)^[2]
Brown-capped laughingthrush (Garrulax austeni)
Brown-throated fulvetta (Alcippe ludlowi)
Chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii)^[2]
Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
Grey sibia (Heterophasia gracilis)
Hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)^[2]
Rufous-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis caudatus)^[2]
Rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)^[2]
Mishmi wren-babbler (Spelaeornis badeigularis)
Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri)
Snowy-throated babbler (Stachyris oglei)
Streak-throated barwing (Actinodura waldeni)
Striped laughingthrush (Garrulax virgatus)
Tawny-breasted wren-babbler (Spelaeornis longicaudatus)
Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)^[2]
White-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae)
White-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)^[2]
Yellow-vented warbler (Phylloscopus cantator))

Near-endemics

The following species are almost wholly confined to the Himalayas, with only a small part of their range occurring beyond.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Yousuf, Parvaiz; Parvaiz, Semran; Zehbi, Nisheet; Altaf, Sabia; Zargar, Bilal Nasir; Rather, Rouf; Tantray, Javeed; Lateef, Mohammad (8 October 2023). "Avifaunal diversity of Northwestern Himalayas (Jammu and Kashmir) and Trans Himalayas (Ladakh) of India". Nusantara Bioscience. 15 (2). UNS Solo. doi:10.13057/nusbiosci/n150208. ISSN 2087-3956.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Acharya, Bhoj Kumar; Vijayan, Lalitha (26 February 2010). "Status and distribution of endemic and threatened birds of the Eastern Himalaya in Sikkim, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2 (2). Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society: 685–689. doi:10.11609/jott.o2257.685-9. ISSN 0974-7893.

[l442-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Yousuf, Parvaiz; Parvaiz, Semran; Zehbi, Nisheet; Altaf, Sabia; Zargar, Bilal Nasir; Rather, Rouf; Tantray, Javeed; Lateef, Mohammad (8 October 2023). "Avifaunal diversity of Northwestern Himalayas (Jammu and Kashmir) and Trans Himalayas (Ladakh) of India". Nusantara Bioscience. 15 (2). UNS Solo. doi:10.13057/nusbiosci/n150208. ISSN 2087-3956.

[q242-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Acharya, Bhoj Kumar; Vijayan, Lalitha (26 February 2010). "Status and distribution of endemic and threatened birds of the Eastern Himalaya in Sikkim, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2 (2). Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society: 685–689. doi:10.11609/jott.o2257.685-9. ISSN 0974-7893.

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