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Laghman
This checklist includes all bird species found in Laghman , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Laghman [map]
Other names: Wilāyat-e Laghmān, Wilayat-e Laghman, Laghman, لغمان
Number of globally threatened species: 9
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2022-07-22
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| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | |
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Asian Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Himalayan Snowcock | Tetraogallus himalayensis | |
| Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | |
| See-see Partridge | Ammoperdix griseogularis | |
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
| Koklass Pheasant | Pucrasia macrolopha | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris | |
| Snow Pigeon | Columba leuconota | |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Sykes's Nightjar | Caprimulgus mahrattensis | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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| Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | |
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| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
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| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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| Little Pratincole | Glareola lactea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
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| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Himalayan Vulture | Gyps himalayensis | |
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
| Pallid Scops Owl | Otus brucei | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Scaly-bellied Woodpecker | Picus squamatus | |
| Himalayan Woodpecker | Dendrocopos himalayensis | |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Laggar Falcon | Falco jugger | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | Rare/Accidental |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Long-tailed Minivet | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
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| Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
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| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
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| Turkestan Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
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| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Alpine Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| Black-headed Jay | Garrulus lanceolatus | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Rare/Accidental |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Indian Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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| Altai Accentor | Prunella himalayana | |
| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | |
| Brown Accentor | Prunella fulvescens | |
| Black-throated Accentor | Prunella atrogularis | |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
| Chestnut-shouldered Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | |
| White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Black-and-yellow Grosbeak | Mycerobas icterioides | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
| Great Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilla | |
| Blyth's Rosefinch | Carpodacus grandis | |
| Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | |
| Mongolian Finch | Eremopsaltria mongolica | |
| Plain Mountain Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| Brandt's Mountain Finch | Leucosticte brandti | |
| Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| Red-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
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| Striated Bunting | Fringillaria striolata | |
| Red-headed Bunting | Granativora bruniceps | |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
| Grey-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | |
| White-capped Bunting | Emberiza stewarti | |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Rufous-naped Tit | Periparus rufonuchalis | |
| Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
| Hume's Short-toed Lark | Calandrella acutirostris | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Oriental Sky Lark | Alauda gulgula | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Striated Prinia | Prinia crinigera | |
| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | |
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| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Pale Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Pale Martin | Riparia diluta | |
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| Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| Brooks's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis subviridis | |
| Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus lorenzii | |
| Tytler's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tytleri | |
| Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Phylloscopus griseolus | |
| Green Leaf Warbler | Seicercus nitidus | |
| Greenish Leaf Warbler | Seicercus trochiloides | |
| Western Crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus occipitalis | |
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| Streaked Scrub Warbler | Scotocerca inquieta | |
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| White-cheeked Tit | Aegithalos leucogenys | Introduced species |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Ménétries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
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| Streaked Laughing-thrush | Trochalopteron lineatum | |
| Variegated Laughing-thrush | Trochalopteron variegatum | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| Bar-tailed Treecreeper | Certhia himalayana | |
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| Kashmir Nuthatch | Sitta cashmirensis | |
| White-cheeked Nuthatch | Sitta leucopsis | |
| Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Sitta tephronota | |
| Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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| Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Indian Robin | Saxicoloides fulicatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| Rusty-tailed Flycatcher | Muscicapa ruficauda | |
| White-throated Irania | Irania gutturalis | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri | |
| Spotted Forktail | Enicurus maculatus | |
| Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| White-tailed Rubythroat | Calliope pectoralis | |
| Himalayan Bluetail | Tarsiger rufilatus | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| Ultramarine Flycatcher | Ficedula superciliaris | |
| Blue-capped Redstart | Adelura coeruleocephala | |
| Eversmann's Redstart | Adelura erythronota | |
| White-capped Water Redstart | Chaimarrornis leucocephalus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Güldenstädt's Redstart | Phoenicurus erythrogastrus | |
| Blue-capped Rock Thrush | Monticola cinclorhyncha | |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Variable Wheatear | Oenanthe picata | |
| Red-tailed Wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | |
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| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
| Chestnut Thrush | Turdus rubrocanus | |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
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