BIRDING FACTOIDS
1,214 species in 81 families
34 endemic species plus
17 shared only with Sri Lanka
113 speciality species
77 endangered species

ENDEMICS IN INDIA
Black-and-rufous Flycatcher
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Forest Owlet
Green Avadavat
Grey Junglefowl
Grey-breasted Laughingthrush
Grey-headed Bulbul
Intermediate Parakeet
Jerdon’s Courser
Malabar Grey-Hornbill
Malabar Lark
Malabar Parakeet
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Nilgiri Pipit
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Painted Bush-Quail
Red Spurfowl
Rock Bush-Quail
Rufous Babbler
Rufous-breasted
Laughingthrush
Rufous-tailed Lark
Rusty-throated Wren-Babbler
Snowy-throated Babbler
Spot-breasted Fantail
Tawny Lark
Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler
White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher
White-bellied Shortwing
White-bellied Treepie
White-cheeked Barbet
White-naped Tit
Wynaad Laughingthrush
Yellow-throated Bulbul

ENDEMICS IN INDIA SHARED ONLY WITH SRI LANKA
Black-throated Munia
Blue-faced Malkoha
Crimson-fronted Barbet
Dark-fronted Babbler
Hill Swallow
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Indian Swiftlet
Jerdon’s Nightjar
Jungle Bush-Quail
Long-billed Sunbird
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
Malabar Trogon
Painted Francolin
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
White-browed Bulbul
Yellow-billed Babbler
Yellow-browed Bulbul

OTHER SPECIALITY AND NEAR – ENDEMIC BIRDS IN INDIA
(adapted from Where to watch birds in Asia – by Nigel Wheatley.)
Bar-winged Wren-Babbler
Beautiful Rosefinch
Beautiful Sibias
Black-and-yellow Grosbeak
Black-breasted Parrotbill
Black-chinned Babbler
Black-crested Tit
Black-headed Jay
Black-lored Tit
Black-winged Snowfinch
Blanford’s Rosefinch
Brown Parrotbill
Brown-capped Laughingthrush
Brown-cheeked
Laughingthrush
Brown-fronted Woodpecker
Blyth’s Tragopan
Chestnut-backed
Laughingthrush
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
Chinese Babax
Collared Myna
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Crimson-browed Finch
Dark-rumped Rosefinch
Derbyan Parakeet
Firetailed Myzornis
Firethroat
Fulvous Parrotbill
Giant Babax
Gold-naped Finch
Great Parrotbill
Grey Sibias
Grey-crowned Prinia
Grey-headed Bullfinch
Grey-sided Laughingthrush
Himalayan Woodpecker
Hoary-throated Barwing
Hume’s Pheasant
Indian Bustard
Indian Chat
Indian Courser
Indian Grey Thrush
Jungle Prinia
Kashmir Nuthatch
Large Grey Babbler
Ludlow’s Fulvetta
Manipur Bush-Quail
Mottled Wood-Owl
Moustached Laughingthrush
Nepal Fulvetta
Olive Bulbul
Orange Bulfinch
Painted Sandgrouse
Painted Spurfowl
Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher
Pied Thrush
Pink-browed Rosefinch
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Red Spurfowl
Red-headed Bullfinch
Robin Accentor
Rufous-breasted Accentor
Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin
Rusty-fronted Barwing
Rufous-fronted Prinia
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush
Rufous-necked Sunbird
Rufous-tailed Lark
Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
Rufous-vented Yuhina
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Satyr’s Tragopan
Scarlet Finch
Sind Sparrow
Slender-billed Babbler
Smoky Warbler
Spectacled Finch
Spotted Wren-Babbler
Streak-throated Barwing
Streak-throated Swallow
Streaked Rosefinch
Striated Laughingthrush
Striped Laughingthrush
Swamp Prinia
Sykes Nightjar
Szecheny’s Partridge
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Temminck’s Tragopan
Tibetan Eared-Pheasant
Tibetan Ground-Jay
Tibetan Partridge
Tibetan Lark
Tibetan Sand-grouse
Tibetan Serin
Tytler’s Leaf-Warbler
Variegated Laughingthrush
Wedge-billed Wren-Babbler
Western Crowned-Warbler
White-backed Thrush
White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Minivet
White-cheeked Nuthatch
White-cheeked Partridge
White-cheeked Tit
White-naped Woodpecker
White-naped Yuhina
White-rumped Snowfinch
White-tailed Iora
White-throated Tit
White-winged Tit
Yellow Weaver
Yellow-throated Laughingthrush

ENDEMIC BIRDS OF KERALA
1. Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
2. Malabar Parakeet
3. Malabar Grey Hornbill
4. Rufous Babbler
5. Whitebellied Treepie
6. Greyheaded Bulbul
7. Wynad Laughing Thrush
8. Black & Orange Flycatcher
9. Nilgiri Flycatcher
10. Whitebellied Blue Flycatcher
11. Nilgiri Pipit
12. Crimsonbacked Sunbird
13. Nilgiri Laughing Thrush
14. Whitebellied Shortwing
15. Broadtailed Grassbird
16. Greybreasted Laughing Thrush