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Endemic Birds of Western Ghats

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  1. Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides
  2. Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
  3. Nilgiri Wood Pigeon Columba elphinstonii
  4. Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis
  5. Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonutus priocephalus
  6. Whitebellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris
  7. Broadtailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus
  8. Black and orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa
  9. Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus
  10. Whitebellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes
  11. Wynaad Laughing thrush Dryonastes delesserti
  12. Kerala Laughing thrush Trochalopteron fairbanki
  13. Nilgiri Laughing thrush Trochalopteron cachinnans
  14. Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa
  15. Small Sunbird Leptocoma minima
  16. Whitebellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra
  17. Greyfronted Green Pigeon* Treron pompadora
  18. Whitecheeked Barbet* Megalaima viridis
  19. Malabar Barbet* Megalaima malabarica
  20. Malabar Lark* Galerida malabarica
  21. Flamethroated Bulbul* Pycnonutus gularis
  22. Nilgiri Thrush* Zoothera neilgherriensis
  23. Nilgiri Blue Robin* Myiomela major
  24. Nilgiri Flowerpecker* Dicaeum concolor sensu stricto
  25. Vigoris Sunbird (N.W. Ghats)*
  26. Malabar Woodshrike* Tephrodornis sylvicola
  27. Malabar Starling* Sturnia blythii
  28. Yellowthroated Bulbul * Pycnonutus xantholaemus

* Split from sub species ( Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C.Anderton Birds of South Asia, The Ripley guide)

Most of the endemic birds of western ghats are also found in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 February 2012 12:09  

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