Endemic Bird Areas
Birdlife International has defined the following Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in Borneo:
157, Bornean mountains
In addition there are five Secondary Areas. There are two islands groups (the North-east Bornean islands, s097, and the Natuna islands, (s101)) and three areas on Borneo itself, the Sabah lowlands (s098), the Kalimantan lowlands (s099), and the Bornean coastal zone (s100).
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List of species
Species endemic to Borneo
The following species are endemic to Borneo, and only found in the Bornean mountains Endemic Bird Area:
- Bulwer's Pheasant
- Bornean Bristlehead
- Mountain Serpent-eagle
- Red-breasted Partridge
- Crimson-headed Partridge
- Dulit Frogmouth
- Whitehead's Trogon
- Mountain Barbet
- Golden-naped Barbet
- Bornean Barbet
- Hose's Broadbill
- Whitehead's Broadbill
- Black-breasted Fruithunter
- Everett's Thrush
- Bare-headed Laughingthrush
- Mountain Wren-babbler
- Chestnut-crested Yuhina
- Bornean Stubtail
- Friendly Bush-warbler
- Eyebrowed Jungle-flycatcher
- Bornean Whistler
- Black-sided Flowerpecker
- Whitehead's Spiderhunter
- Pygmy White-eye
- Mountain Blackeye
- Black Oriole
The Black-browed Babbler is endemic to the Kalimantan lowlands Secondary Area.
The White-fronted Falconet is endemic to the Sabah lowlands Secondary Area.
The Borneo Island Thrush, a subspecies of the Island Thrush, is endemic to three mountains in northern Borneo.
Other restricted-range species found on Borneo
The following restricted-range species are found in Borneo only in the Bornean mountains EBA, but are also found in Sumatra:
- Rajah Scops-owl
- Short-tailed Frogmouth
- Blue-wattled Bulbul
- Sunda Laughingthrush
- Black-capped White-eye
The Javan White-eye is found in the Bornean Coastal Zone secondary area, and in the Javan coastal zone EBA.
The Silvery Pigeon is found in the Natuna Islands, and in three other secondary areas off Sumatra.
Grey Imperial-pigeon and Mantanani Scops-owl are found in the North-east Bornean islands Secondary area, and also in other EBAs and Secondary Areas in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Endemism in birds
Regional overviews
The Palaearctic: Western Palearctic | Central Asia | Japan
Afrotropics & Malagasy region: Eastern Africa | Western and central Africa | Southern Africa | Madagascar region
The Oriental region: S Asia | Andamans and Nicobars | SE Asia | Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java & Bali | Borneo | Sulawesi region | The Philippines | Taiwan
Australasia & the Pacific: Australia | New Guinea region | New Zealand | New Caledonia | Hawaii
North America: Eastern North America | Western North America | West Indies | Mexico and northern Central America | Southern Central America
South America: Galápagos Islands
Other: Southern Atlantic islands
Lists of: Endemic Bird Areas | Secondary Areas
Literature: Putting biodiversity on the map | Endemic Bird Areas of the World
Categories: Regional overviews | Endemic higher-level taxa | Restricted range endemics
