Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan

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Avifauna of Gilgit-Baltistan - Visual Checklist

Charadriiformes (Plovers and Lapwings)

Northern Lapwing

(Vanellus vanellus)

Red-wattled Lapwing

(Vanellus indicus)

Sociable Lapwing

(Vanellus gregarius)

Lesser Sand-Plover

(Charadrius mongolus)

Greater Sand-Plover

(Charadrius leschenaultii)

Kentish Plover

(Charadrius alexandrinus)

Common Ringed Plover

(Charadrius hiaticula)

Little Ringed Plover

(Charadrius dubius)

Grey Plover

(Pluvialis squatarola)

Pacific Golden-Plover

(Pluvialis fulva)

Charadriiformes (Sandpipers, Snipes and Allies)

Greater Painted-Snipe

(Rostratula benghalensis)

Whimbrel

(Numenius phaeopus)

Eurasian Curlew

(Numenius arquata)

Black-tailed Godwit

(Limosa limosa)

Ruff

(Calidris pugnax)

Curlew Sandpiper

(Calidris ferruginea)

Temminck's Stint

(Calidris temminckii)

Dunlin

(Calidris alpina)

Little Stint

(Calidris minuta)

Solitary Snipe

(Gallinago solitaria)

Common Snipe

(Gallinago gallinago)

Pin-tailed Snipe

(Gallinago stenura)

Eurasian Woodcock

(Scolopax rusticola)

Terek Sandpiper

(Xenus cinereus)

Red-necked Phalarope

(Phalaropus lobatus)

Red Phalarope

(Phalaropus fulicarius)

Common Sandpiper

(Actitis hypoleucos)

Green Sandpiper

(Tringa ochropus)

Spotted Redshank

(Tringa erythropus)

Common Greenshank

(Tringa nebularia)

Marsh Sandpiper

(Tringa stagnatilis)

Wood Sandpiper

(Tringa glareola)

Common Redshank

(Tringa totanus)

Charadriiformes (Gulls and Terns)

Black-legged Kittiwake

(Rissa tridactyla)

Black-headed Gull

(Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Brown-headed Gull

(Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)

Pallas's Gull

(Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)

Mew Gull

(Larus canus)

Caspian Gull

(Larus cachinnans)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

(Larus fuscus)

Little Tern

(Sternula albifrons)

Gull-billed Tern

(Gelochelidon nilotica)

White-winged Tern

(Chlidonias leucopterus)

Whiskered Tern

(Chlidonias hybrida)

Common Tern

(Sterna hirundo)

Pterocliformes (Sandgrouse)

Tibetan Sandgrouse

(Syrrhaptes tibetanus)

Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves)

Rock Pigeon

(Columba livia)

Hill Pigeon

(Columba rupestris)

Snow Pigeon

(Columba leuconota)

Yellow-eyed Pigeon

(Columba eversmanni)

Common Wood-Pigeon

(Columba palumbus)

Speckled Wood-Pigeon

(Columba hodgsonii)

European Turtle-Dove

(Streptopelia turtur)

Oriental Turtle-Dove

(Streptopelia orientalis)

Eurasian Collared-Dove

(Streptopelia decaocto)

Spotted Dove

(Streptopelia chinensis)

Laughing Dove

(Streptopelia senegalensis)

Cuculiformes (Cuckoos)

Asian Koel

(Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Lesser Cuckoo

(Cuculus poliocephalus)

Common Cuckoo

(Cuculus canorus)

Strigiformes (Owls)

Eurasian Scops-Owl

(Otus scops)

Pallid Scops-Owl

(Otus brucei)

Eurasian Eagle-Owl

(Bubo bubo)

Snowy Owl

(Bubo scandiacus)

Collared Owlet

(Glaucidium brodiei)

Little Owl

(Athene noctua)

Tawny Owl

(Strix aluco)

Long-eared Owl

(Asio otus)

Short-eared Owl

(Asio flammeus)

Boreal Owl

(Aegolius funereus)

Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars and Swifts)

Eurasian Nightjar

(Caprimulgus europaeus)

Alpine Swift

(Apus melba)

Common Swift

(Apus apus)

Little Swift

(Apus affinis)

Bucerotiformes (Hoopoes)

Eurasian Hoopoe

(Upupa epops)

Coraciiformes (Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers)

Common Kingfisher

(Alcedo atthis)

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

(Merops persicus)

European Bee-eater

(Merops apiaster)

European Roller

(Coracias garrulus)

Piciformes (Woodpeckers)

Eurasian Wryneck

(Jynx torquilla)

Himalayan Woodpecker

(Dendrocopos himalayensis)

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

(Picus squamatus)

Falconiformes (Falcons)

Eurasian Kestrel

(Falco tinnunculus)

Merlin

(Falco columbarius)

Eurasian Hobby

(Falco subbuteo)

Barbary Falcon

(Falco pelegrinoides)

Saker Falcon

(Falco cherrug)

Peregrine Falcon

(Falco peregrinus)

Psittaciformes (Old World Parrots)

Rose-ringed Parakeet

(Psittacula krameri)

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