Birds of Afghanistan
Afghanistan hosts 196 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Afghanistan
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Hume's Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostris
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoo
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
- Afghan SnowfinchPyrgilauda theresae
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- Himalayan SnowcockTetraogallus himalayensis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Himalayan MonalLophophorus impejanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolopha
- Yellow-eyed PigeonColumba eversmanni
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
- Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla
- Pale RosefinchCarpodacus stoliczkae