Key Biodiversity Areas

Pech and Waygal valleys (8006)
Afghanistan, Central Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesParus melanolophusLC1994link-icon
AvesLuscinia pectoralisWhite-tailed RubythroatLC1994link-icon
AvesAegithalos leucogenysWhite-cheeked TitLC1994link-icon
AvesPhylloscopus tytleriTytler's Leaf-warblerNT1994link-icon
AvesDendrocopos himalayensisHimalayan WoodpeckerLC1994link-icon
AvesFicedula superciliarisUltramarine FlycatcherLC1994link-icon
AvesPrunella strophiataRufous-breasted AccentorLC1994link-icon
AvesTurdus rubrocanusChestnut ThrushLC1994link-icon
AvesPucrasia macrolophaKoklass PheasantLC1994link-icon
AvesLeucogeranus leucogeranusSiberian CraneCR1994link-icon
AvesLophophorus impejanusHimalayan MonalLC1994link-icon
AvesPhylloscopus subviridisBrooks's Leaf-warblerLC1994link-icon
AvesPhylloscopus occipitalisWestern Crowned WarblerLC1994link-icon
AvesSitta leucopsisWhite-cheeked NuthatchLC1994link-icon
AvesMuscicapa ruficaudaRusty-tailed FlycatcherLC1994link-icon
AvesParus rufonuchalisDark-grey TitLC1994link-icon
AvesLuscinia brunneaIndian Blue RobinLC1994link-icon
AvesCerthia himalayanaBar-tailed TreecreeperLC1994link-icon
AvesSitta cashmirensisKashmir NuthatchLC1994link-icon
AvesPhoenicurus caeruleocephalaBlue-capped RedstartLC1994link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Pech and Waygal valleys. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 12, 2025.