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Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP

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Scolopacidae S<strong>and</strong>pipers <strong>and</strong> Snipe<br />

Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola<br />

Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus<br />

Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria<br />

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago<br />

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa<br />

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica<br />

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus<br />

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata<br />

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus<br />

Common Redshank Tringa totanus<br />

Marsh S<strong>and</strong>piper Tringa stagnatilis<br />

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia<br />

Green S<strong>and</strong>piper Tringa ochropus<br />

Wood S<strong>and</strong>piper Tringa glareola<br />

Terek S<strong>and</strong>piper Xenus cinereus<br />

Common S<strong>and</strong>piper Actitis hypoleucos<br />

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres<br />

S<strong>and</strong>erling Calidris alba<br />

Little Stint Calidris minuta<br />

Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii<br />

Curlew S<strong>and</strong>piper Calidris ferruginea<br />

Dunlin Calidris alpina<br />

Ruff Philomachus pugnax<br />

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus<br />

Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris CR I Unconfirmed. Rasmussen <strong>and</strong> Anderton<br />

(2005) state only unconfirmed breeding<br />

reports from Iranian Siestan<br />

Broad-billed S<strong>and</strong>piper Limicola falcinellus Unconfirmed. Cited by Habibi.<br />

Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Unconfirmed. Cited by Avibase<br />

Glareolidae Coursers <strong>and</strong> Pratincoles<br />

Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor<br />

Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola<br />

Small Pratincole Glareola lactea<br />

Laridae Gulls, Terns <strong>and</strong> Skimmers<br />

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rasmussen <strong>and</strong> Anderton (2005) note that<br />

the genus Larus is confused <strong>and</strong> subject<br />

to revision. May be best referred to as L.<br />

heuglini.<br />

Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus<br />

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus<br />

Slender-billed Gull Larus genei<br />

Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla<br />

Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica<br />

2 An Output <strong>of</strong> the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment

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