Birds of Afghanistan
111 species recorded at 2 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaMost recorded
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
White WagtailMotacilla alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusHotspots with the most records
- Bagram Air FieldParwan Province91 species
- Hamid Karzai International AirportKabul Province35 species
All species recorded · 111
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Afghan Babbler Argya huttoni
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps