How many bird species live in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

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Cinque Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands — Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman redwood trees in the Cinque Islands, south of Rutland Island, in the southern Andamans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are home to more than 200 species of birds, many of which are endemic to the region.1

Because many species of flora and fauna in the territory have yet to be documented systematically, this figure represents the known avian diversity within the islands' dense tropical forests and diverse ecosystems.1