ANNEX IIU.K.

PART 2U.K.

List of wild bird species to be targeted for sampling and testing for avian influenza — ‘target species’ (TS)

NoScientific nameCommon name
1. Accipiter gentilisNorthern Goshawk
2. Accipiter nisusEurasian Sparrowhawk
3. Anas acutaNorthern Pintail
4. Anas clypeataNorthern Shoveler
5. Anas creccaCommon Teal
6. Anas penelopeEurasian Wigeon
7. Anas platyrhynchosMallard
8. Anas querquedulaGarganey
9. Anas streperaGadwall
10. Anser albifrons albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose (European race)
11. Anser anserGreylag Goose
12. Anser brachyrhynchusPink-footed Goose
13. Anser erythropusLesser White-fronted Goose
14. Anser fabalisBean Goose
15. Ardea cinereaGrey Heron
16. Aythya ferinaCommon Pochard
17. Aythya fuligulaTufted Duck
18. Branta berniclaBrent Goose
19. Branta canadensisCanada Goose
20. Branta leucopsisBarnacle Goose
21. Branta ruficollisRed-breasted Goose
22. Bubo buboEurasian Eagle-Owl
23. Buteo buteoCommon Buzzard
24. Buteo lagopusRough-legged Buzzard
25. Cairina moschataMuscovy Duck
26. Ciconia ciconiaWhite Stork
27. Circus aeruginosusEurasian Marsh Harrier
28. Cygnus columbianusBewick’s Swan
29. Cygnus cygnusWhooper swan
30. Cygnus olorMute Swan
31. Falco peregrinusPeregrine Falcon
32. Falco tinnunculusCommon Kestrel
33. Fulica atraEurasian Coot
34. Larus canusCommon Gull
35. Larus ridibundusBlack-headed Gull
36. Limosa limosaBlack-tailed Godwit
37. Marmaronetta angustirostrisMarbled Teal
38. Mergus albellusSmew
39. Milvus migransBlack Kite
40. Milvus milvusRed Kite
41. Netta rufinaRed-crested Pochard
42. Phalacrocorax carboGreat Cormorant
43. Philomachus pugnaxRuff
44. Pica picaEurasian Magpie
45. Pluvialis apricariaEurasian Golden Plover
46. Podiceps cristatusGreat Crested Grebe
47. Podiceps nigricollisBlack-necked Grebe
48. Porphyrio porphyrioPurple Swamphen
49. Tachybaptus ruficollisLittle Grebe
50. Vanellus vanellusNorthern Lapwing