Key Biodiversity Areas

Megamalai Mountains (46938)
India, Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesNeophron percnopterusEgyptian VultureEN2016link-icon
AvesFicedula nigrorufaBlack-and-rufous FlycatcherNT2016link-icon
AvesCyornis pallipesWhite-bellied Blue-flycatcherLC2016link-icon
AvesSchoenicola platyurusBroad-tailed GrassbirdVU2016link-icon
AvesStrophocincla cachinnansBlack-chinned LaughingthrushEN2016link-icon
AvesColumba elphinstoniiNilgiri WoodpigeonVU2016link-icon
AvesPycnonotus priocephalusGrey-headed BulbulNT2016link-icon
AvesTurdoides subrufaRufous BabblerLC2016link-icon
AvesCiconia episcopusAsian WoollyneckVU2016link-icon
AvesEumyias albicaudatusNilgiri FlycatcherNT2016link-icon
AvesSholicola albiventrisWhite-bellied SholakiliEN2016link-icon
AvesNectarinia minimaCrimson-backed SunbirdLC2016link-icon
AvesOcyceros griseusMalabar Grey HornbillLC2016link-icon
AvesPsittacula columboidesMalabar ParakeetLC2016link-icon
AvesGyps indicusIndian VultureCR2016link-icon
AvesAnthus nilghiriensisNilgiri PipitVU2016link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Megamalai Mountains. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 20, 2025.