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The Western Meghamalai. After a lapse of over six decades, Bhupathy Ghats has been recognized as one of the eight hottest et al. (2012) collated some information on the birds hotspots of global biodiversity for having a high degree of Meghamalai area. Subsequently, the first author of endemic animals/km2 (Myers et al. 2000). Recently, while carrying out a CEPF-ATREE and Rufford Small 39 locations of the Ghats have been declared as World Grant project systematically recorded birds of the area Heritage Sites by the UNESCO as an appreciation of during June 2011–December 2012. The present study their diverse and unique flora and fauna (Downloaded highlights the importance of the area for conserving from http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1342/ on 23 July birds in the Western Ghats. 2013). Daniels (2003) reported 508 bird species from the Western Ghats including 16 endemics, and BirdLife Materials and Methods International has identified the Western Ghats as an The Meghamalai landscape (9031’–90 51’N & 77010– Endemic Bird Area (Statersfield 1998). Rasmussen & 77030’E; ~480km2) comes under the administrative Anderton (2005) reported 26 endemic species from the control of the Theni Forest Division of Tamil Nadu State Western Ghats, but this is currently being debated. In (Fig. 1). The area has been included under the Periyar- the present paper, we consider 16 species as endemic to Agastiyamalai Corridor by Critical Ecosystem Partnership the Western Ghats. Fund (CEPF 2007). The major vegetation types include Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) program montane shola and grasslands, tropical wet evergreen, has accredited the Western Ghats and site-specific moist deciduous, dry deciduous forests, riparian and dry locations therein as high priority sites for protecting thorn forests, and economic crops (tea, coffee, cardamom highly threatened ecosystems (CEPF 2007). One such etc) and plantations (softwood and hard wood). A major site-specific location is Meghamalai. In a conservation portion of the landscape receives precipitation from Figure 1. Surveyed areas in Meghamalai landscape, southern Western Ghats. 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