Table 3.

Wild bird species in which H5N8 HPAI virus was detected in dead birds found in the European Union between 1 October 2016 and 5 July 2017 and reported to the OIE and in which at least some populations migrate long distance

Species migrating long distance*		No. of H5N8-positive dead birds	Estimated population size	Ref.
Common name	Scientific name
Mute swan†	C. olor	1,217	495,000	34, p. 46
Tufted duck	Aythya fuligula	190	1,800,000	34, p. 187
Whooper swan	Cygnus cygnus	149	57,000	34, p. 51
Eurasian wigeon†	M. penelope	89	1,810,000	34, p. 117
Mallard†	Anas platyrhynchos	55	3,250,000	34, p. 132
Greater white-fronted goose	Anser albifrons	15	1,365,000	34, p. 66
Common pochard	Aythya ferina	10	1,700,000	34, p. 177
Common teal†	A. crecca	7	2,960,000	34, p. 123
Common shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	2	155,000	34, p. 101
Lesser white-fronted goose	Anser erythropus	2	63,000	34, p. 70
Red-crested pochard	Netta rufina	2	250,000	34, p. 171
Bewick’s swan	Cygnus bewickii	2	17,000	34, p. 55
Common goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	1	420,000	34, p. 217
Common fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	1	42,850,000	35

^*Here defined as wintering in the European Union and breeding at least beyond longitude 60°E, at the level of the Ural Mountains.

^†Those species that were also detected positive for H5N8 in 2014/2015 in Europe.