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With reference to India’s biodiversity, Ceylon frogmouth, Coppersmith barbet, Gray-chinned minivet and White-throated redstart are

Correct Answer A. Birds

Explanation

All four listed fauna are distinctive bird species (Aves) native to or wintering across the Indian subcontinent:

– Ceylon frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger): A nocturnal forest bird with camouflage plumage mimicking dried leaves, found in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka.
– Coppersmith barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus): An Asian resident barbet with crimson forehead plumage, renowned for its repetitive metallic tuk-tuk call resembling a coppersmith striking metal.
– Gray-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris): A passerine canopy bird found across the moist montane forests of the Himalayas and Northeast India.
– White-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps): A high-altitude montane flycatcher found across the temperate forests of the Himalayas.

Therefore, they are all Birds — Option A.

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