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Division F LIST OF WILD BIRD SPECIES PRESENTING HIGHER RISK IN RELATION TO AVIAN INFLUENZAF1

United Kingdom

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Latin name English language name
1. Anser albifrons White-fronted goose
2. Anser fabalis Bean goose
3. Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
4. Anas strepera Gadwal
5. Anas acuta Northern Pintail
6. Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler
7. Anas Penelope Eurasian Wigeon
8. Anas crecca Common Teal
9. Anas querquedula Garganay
10. Aythya ferina Common Pochard
11. Aythya fuligula Tufted duck
12. Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing
13. Philomachus pugnax Ruff
14. Larus ribibundus Black-headed gull
15. Larus canus Common gull

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Inserted by Commission Decision of 17 October 2005 amending Decision 2005/464/EC on the implementation of survey programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds to be carried out in the Member States (notified under document number C(2005) 3960) (2005/726/EC).

Footnotes

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All naturally occurring wild birds species in the Community, including the the species listed in the table in this part, are covered by the protection regime of Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds and therefore full regard shall be taken of the requirements of this Directive in any surveillance for avian influenza.