List of priority birds in EU
Chart 1 : Liste of species that need, as a priority, to be sampled within the framework of the 2005/464/CE decision of the European Comission aiming at an active monitoring of the avian Influenza.
Scientific names
Anser albifrons
Anser fabalis
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas strepera
Anas acuta
Anas clypeata
Anas penelope
Anas crecca
Anas querquedula
Aythya ferina
Aythya fuligula
Vanellus vanellus
Philomachus pugnax
Larus ridibundus
Larus canus
English names
Greater White-fronted Goose
Bean Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Common Teal
Garganey
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Northern Lapwing
Ruff
Common Black-headed Gull
Mew Gull
