Species Use Database

Species Use Database

European Roller
Coracias garrulus

Used for Medicine and hygiene in Afghanistan

A. Species

Scientific name: Coracias garrulus

Common name(s): European Roller

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Afghanistan

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Afghanistan

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2017

End Year: 2017

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene

Motivation of use: Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law and not recorded

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and not recorded

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

No

Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub, grey_lit and own_res_data_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Bashari M, Sills E, Peterson MN, Cubbage F. Hunting in Afghanistan: variation in motivations across species. Oryx. 2018;52(3):526-536. doi:10.1017/S0030605316001174

Moheb, Z. & Mostafawi, N. (2012) Biodiversity Reconnaissance Survey in Darwaz Region, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Unpublished report. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, USA, and United States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., USA.

Date of record entry: 2024-06-28