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)
• 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)
• Kashmir nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis)
• Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)
• Kashmir nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata)
• Orange bullfinch (Pyrrhula aurantiaca)
• Slaty-headed parakeet (Psittacula himalayana)
• Snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)
• Snow pigeon (Columba leuconota)
• Spectacled finch (Callacanthis burtoni)
• Tibetan blackbird (Turdus maximus)
• Western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
• White-cheeked tit (Aegithalos leucogenys)
• White-throated tit (Aegithalos niveogularis)
• 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)
• Brown-capped laughingthrush (Garrulax austeni)
• Brown-throated fulvetta (Alcippe ludlowi)
• Chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii)
• Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
• Grey sibia (Heterophasia gracilis)
• Hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
• Rufous-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis caudatus)
• Rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
• 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)
• White-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae)
• White-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)
• 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