Fauna North East India

The International Council for Bird Preservation, UK identified the Assam plains and the Eastern Himalaya as an Endemic Bird Area (EBA). The EBA has an area of 220,000 km2 following the Himalayan range in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Myanmar and the Indian states of Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, southern Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram. Because of a southward occurrence of this mountain range in comparison to other Himalayan ranges, this region has a distinctly different climate, with warmer mean temperatures and fewer days with frost, and much higher rainfall. This has resulted in the occurrence of a rich array of restricted-range bird species. More than two critically endangered species, three endangered species, and 14 vulnerable species of birds are in this EBA. Stattersfield et al. (1998) identified 22 restricted range species, out of which 19 are confined to this region and the remaining three are present in other endemic and secondary areas. Eleven of the 22 restricted-range species found in this region are considered as threatened (Birdlife International 2001), a number greater than in any other EBA of India.

WWF has identified the following priority ecoregions in North-East India:

    Brahmaputra Valley Semi Evergreen Forests
    Eastern Himalayan Broadleaved Forests
    Eastern Himalayan Sub-alpine Coniferous Forests
    India–Myanmar Pine Forests[citation needed]

Forest reserves

    Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh
    Manas National Park, Barpeta, (Assam)
    Kaziranga National Park, Assam
    Orang National Park, Assam
    Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Morigaon, (Assam)
    Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary, Tripura
    Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishnupur district, (Manipur)
    Nokrek National Park, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)
    Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
    Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim
    Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Tinsukia (Assam)