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.

• White-tailed nuthatch
• Yellow-browed tit

References

1. 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.
2. 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.