213 species · 1 endemic · 28 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
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- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
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
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
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
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
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
Afghan BabblerArgya huttoni
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
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
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei
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
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
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
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
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
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
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
White-capped RedstartPhoenicurus leucocephalus
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
Himalayan MonalLophophorus impejanus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
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
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
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- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
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
Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana
White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla
Pale RosefinchCarpodacus stoliczkae