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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A study by ZSI has revealed that there are as many as 78 bird species which are found only in India. India News | 78 Species of Birds Are Found Only in India: Report.
Twenty-eight bird species are restricted to the Western Ghats, 25 to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, four to the Eastern Himalayas and one each to the Southern Deccan plateau and Central Indian Forest, Zoological Survey of India scientist Amitava Majumder said.
Due to the loss of habitat, prey and heavy hunting for meats, some of the Indian birds are on the verge of extinction. Poaching and massive hunting pushed these beautiful species birds into the category of critically endangered birds of India.
Mahesh Rangarajan Aasheesh PittiE got a copy of Salim Ali’s ‘Book of Indian Birds’ in 1978 and got in touch with the latter’s nephew, veteran birder Zafar Futehally, a year la