India, Nov. 28 -- The Black-and-orange Flycatchercould lose up to 31% and Nilgiri Flycatcher 46% of its range by 2050, according to a recent study

The Black-and-orange Flycatcher (BOF) and the Nilgiri Flycatcher (NIF), two species endemic to the Western Ghats, could suffer a loss of 31 per cent and 46 per cent of their range respectively by 2050 due to climate change, according to a study published in Current Science .

Researchers from the Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, developed species distribution models for two both, BOF and NIF.

They did this to understand the current potential suitability and possible responses of the species to future climate change using the MaxEnt algorithm.

MaxEnt , which stands for 'maximum entro...