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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Georgia: The High Caucasus

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Birdlist from the 2008 Tour

with Dan Brown as leader

NC A B C
Little Grebe 1 2 Tachybaptus ruficollis
Grey Heron 2 3 Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron 2 1 Ardea purpurea
Ruddy Shelduck 2 57 Tadorna ferruginea
Mallard 1 4 Anas platyrhynchos
White-tailed Eagle 1 1 Haliaeetus albilcilla
Honey Buzzard 6 250 Pernis apivorus
Black Kite 6 10 Milvus migrans
Lammergeier 4 5 Gypaetus barbatus
Egyptian Vulture 5 7 Neophron percnopterus
Griffon Vulture 7 30 Gyps fulvus
Black Vulture 4 4 Aegypius monachus
Short-toed Eagle 2 2 Circaetus gallicus
Marsh Harrier 4 5 Circus aeruginosus
Pallid Harrier 3 1 Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier 5 30 Circus pygargus
Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
Sparrowhawk 6 8 Accipiter nisus
Levant Sparrowhawk 4 17 Accipiter brevipes
Common (Steppe) Buzzard 7 50 Buteo buteo vulpinus
Long-legged Buzzard 3 5 Buteo rufinus
Lesser Spotted Eagle 2 6 Aquila pomarina
Steppe Eagle 2 2 Aquila nipalensis
Imperial Eagle 1 3 Aquila heliaca
Golden Eagle 6 5 Aquila chrysaetos
Booted Eagle 3 3 Hieraeetus pennatus
Common Kestrel 6 6 Falco tinnunculus
Hobby 2 1 Falco subbuteo
Peregrine 4 2 Falco peregrinus
Caucasian Black Grouse 4 35 Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
Caucasian Snowcock 2 2 Tetraogallus caucasicus
Chukar 2 9 Alectoris chukar
Quail 1 1 H Coturnix coturnix
Coot 2 22 Fulica atra
Common Crane 2 7 Grus grus
Black-winged Stilt 2 3 Himantopus himantopus
Little Ringed Plover 3 3 Charadrius dubius
Northern Lapwing 1 1 Vanellus vanellus
Little Stint 2 3 Calidris minuta
Wood Sandpiper 2 25 Tringa glareola
Redshank 1 1 Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank 1 1 Tringa erythropus
Common Snipe 1 1 Gallinago gallinago
Common Sandpiper 4 10 Actitis hypoleucos
Red-necked Phalarope 2 30 Phalaropus lobatus
Whiskered Tern 1 1 Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black Tern 1 6 Chlidonias leucopterus
Rock/feral Pigeon 7 100's Columba livia
Stock Dove 1 10 Columba oenas
Cuckoo 4 1 H Cuculus canorus
Little Owl 2 1 Athene noctua
Alpine Swift 4 100 Apus melba
Common Swift 4 200 Apus apus
European Bee-eater 5 100 Merops apiaster
Roller 5 4 Coracias garrulus
Hoopoe 3 10 Upupa epops
Green Woodpecker 1 1 H Picus viridis
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 H Dendrocopos major
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 H Dendrocopos medius
Calandra Lark 2 100 Melanocorypha calandra
Crested Lark 1 5 Galerida cristata
Woodlark 2 2 H Lullula arborea
Skylark 3 50 Alauda arvensis
Shorelark 3 3 Eremophila alpestris
Sand Martin 1 5 Riparia riparia
Crag Martin 5 30 Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Barn Swallow 7 200 Hirundo rustica
House Martin 7 250 Delichon urbica
Tawny Pipit 2 2 Anthus campestris
Tree Pipit 3 30 Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit 6 25 Anthus cervinus
Water Pipit 5 100's Anthus spinoletta
Yellow Wagtail 4 36 Motacilla flava
Citrine Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla citreola
Grey Wagtail 5 2 Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail 7 5 Motacilla alba
Dipper 5 3 Cinclus cinclus
Wren 4 2 Troglodytes troglodytes
Dunnock 4 5 Prunella modularis
Robin 1 1 H Erithacus rubecula
Alpine Accentor 1 2 Prunella collaris
Nightingale 1 1 Luscinia megarhynchos
Black Redstart 5 15 Phoenicurus ochruros
Redstart 4 5 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Güldenstädt’s Redstart 2 5 Phoenicurus erythrogaster
Whinchat 4 5 Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat 1 1 Saxicola torquata armenica
Isabelline Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe isabellina
Northern Wheatear 5 40 Oenanthe oenanthe
Pied Wheatear 2 2 Oenanthe pleschanka
(Eastern) Black-eared Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe melanoleuca
Rock Thrush 4 10 Monticola saxatilis
Blue Rock Thrush 1 2 Monticola solitarius
Ring Ouzel 3 4 Turdus torquatus
Blackbird 7 10 Turdus merula
Song Thrush 1 1 H Turdus philomelos
Mistle Thrush 2 3 Turdus viscivorus
Great Reed Warbler 2 3 H Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Lesser Whitethroat 4 5 Sylvia curruca
Whitethroat 3 1 Sylvia communis
Garden Warbler 3 1 Sylvia borin
Blackcap 2 1 Sylvia atricapilla
Green Warbler 4 30 Phylloscopus (trochiloides) nitidus
Caucasian Chiffchaff 5 50 Phylloscopus lorenzii
Chiffchaff 5 15 Phylloscopus collybita
Willow Warbler 3 60 Phylloscopus trochilus
Spotted Flycatcher 4 3 Muscicapa striata
Red-breasted Flycatcher 4 15 Ficedula parva
Long-tailed Tit 2 1 Aegithalos caudatus
Coal Tit 4 5 Parus ater
Blue Tit 4 2 Parus caeruleus
Great Tit 6 10 Parus major
Wallcreeper 1 1 Tichodroma muraria
Eurasian Treecreeper 1 1 Certhia familiaris
Red-backed Shrike 3 6 Lanius collurio
Lesser Grey Shrike 2 4 Lanius minor
Jay 4 3 Garrulus glandarius
Magpie 4 15 Pica pica
Alpine Chough 5 140 Pyrrhocorax graculus
Red-billed Chouch 5 6 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Jackdaw 4 40 Corvus monudela
Rook 3 20 Corvus frugeligus
Hooded Crow 7 50 Corvus cornix
Raven 7 30 Corvus corax
Starling 4 200 Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow 6 10's Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow 1 10 Passer montanus
Rock Sparrow 1 30 Petronia petronia
Snowfinch 2 20 Montifringilla nivalis
Chaffinch 6 10 Fringilla coelebs
Red-fronted Serin 4 90 Serinus pusillus
GreenFinch 2 1 Carduelis chloris
Goldfinch 7 40 Carduelis carduelis
Linnet 5 2 Carduelis cannabina
Twite 2 25 Carduelis flavirostris brevirostris
Common Rosefinch 4 6 Carpodacus erythrinus
Great Rosefinch 1 1 Carpodacus rubicilla
Bullfinch 1 4 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hawfinch 1 1 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Rock Bunting 4 10 Emberiza cia
Ortolan Bunting 1 1 Emberiza hortulana
Black-headed Bunting 2 40 Emberiza melanocephala
Corn Bunting 4 1000 Miliaria calandra