eBird Field Checklist
Afghanistan
ebird.org/region/AF
289 species (+36 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
dabbling duck sp.
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Common Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Black Francolin
Himalayan Snowcock
See-see Partridge
Common Quail
Chukar
Grebes
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Snow Pigeon
Yellow-eyed Pigeon
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Laughing Dove
Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
Cuckoos
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Water Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Cranes
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
plover sp.
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Dunlin
Little Stint
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
Common Tern
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Western/Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Cinereous Vulture
Himalayan Griffon
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps sp.
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Clanga/Aquila sp.
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
hawk sp.
Owls
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
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Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
White-winged Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Cuckooshrikes
Long-tailed Minivet
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Indian Golden Oriole
Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole
Drongos
Black Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Magpie
Red-billed Chough
Yellow-billed Chough
Daurian Jackdaw
House Crow
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Large-billed Crow
Brown-necked Raven
Common Raven
raven sp.
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Larks
Desert Lark
Horned Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Hume's Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Calandra Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Crested Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Delicate Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blunt-winged Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
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Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Martins and Swallows
Gray-throated Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Riparia sp.
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-vented Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul
Himalayan Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Plain Leaf Warbler
Willow Warbler
Mountain Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Scrub Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Streaked Laughingthrush
Afghan Babbler
Common Babbler
Wallcreeper
Wallcreeper
Nuthatches
Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Dippers
White-throated Dipper
Brown Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Eurasian Blackbird
Black-throated Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Himalayan Rubythroat
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Rufous-backed Redstart
White-capped Redstart
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Variable Wheatear
Hume's Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
wheatear sp.
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Accentors
Brown Accentor
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
House/Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Rock Sparrow
White-winged Snowfinch
Afghan Snowfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Water Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Blyth's Rosefinch
Pale Rosefinch
Great Rosefinch
rosefinch sp.
Crimson-winged Finch
Trumpeter Finch
Mongolian Finch
Desert Finch
European Greenfinch
Twite
Eurasian Linnet
European Goldfinch
Fire-fronted Serin
Old World Buntings
Red-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Yellowhammer
Pine Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.
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