Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Patterns of endemism


Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International has defined the following Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in the subcontinent:

Each area has its own set of endemic species, and there are further species shared between the two which are not found elsewhere.

In addition the following are classified as Secondary areas (areas with at least one restricted-range bird species, but not meeting the criteria to qualify as EBAs)

List of species

The following is a list of non-passerines (passerines to follow).

Species endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills

Species endemic to Sri Lanka

Species endemic to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka combined

Other localised species endemic to peninsular India

[edit] Other localised species endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka combined

[edit] Species endemic to northern parts of the subcontinent

[edit] Other species endemic to the subcontinent

The following need to be cut & pasted into the relevant sub-categories above or below:

Near-endemics and seasonal endemics

In addition, the following species are near-endemics i.e. only a small proportion of the population is found outside the subcontinent

The following species is endemic as a breeding species, but winters elsewhere

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