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Georgia: The High Caucasus

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Bird list from the April/May 2004 tour for Georgia: The High Caucasus

With Steve Rooke and Graham Tucker as leaders

Column 1 = number of days recorded
Column 2 = greatest daily total
H = heard only
(H) = some seen but mostly heard
N = nesting evident

Great Crested Grebe 1 4 Podiceps cristatus
Little Grebe 1 1 Tachybaptus ruficollis
Pygmy Cormorant 1 58 Phalacracorax pygmaeus
Little Bittern 2 1 Ixobrychus minutus
Squacco Heron 1 6 N Ardeola ralloides
Cattle Egret 2 30 Bubulcus ibis
Little Egret 1 8 Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron 2 1 Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron 1 2 Ardea purpurea
Black Stork 1 2 N Ciconia nigra
Glossy Ibis 1 6 Plegadis falcinellus
Mallard 1 1 Anas platyrhynchos
Tufted Duck 1 4 Aythya fuligula
Honey Buzzard 3 5 Pernis apivorus
Black Kite 2 2 Milvus migrans
Lammergeier 3 2 Gypaetus barbatus
Egyptian Vulture 3 2 N Neophron percnopterus
Griffon Vulture 7 20 N Gyps fulvus
Short-toed Eagle 2 2 Circaetus gallicus
Marsh Harrier 1 3 Circus aeruginosus
Montagu's Harrier 4 4 Circus pygargus
Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
Sparrowhawk 6 2 Accipiter nisus
Levant Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter brevipes
Common (Steppe) Buzzard 7 20 Buteo buteo vulpinus
Long-legged Buzzard 2 2 Buteo rufinus
Lesser Spotted Eagle 1 1 Aquila pomarina
Steppe Eagle 1 2 Aquila nipalensis
Golden Eagle 3 4 Aquila chrysaetos
Booted Eagle 2 3 Hieraeetus pennatus
Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
Common Kestrel 7 6 Falco tinnunculus
Peregrine 1 1 Falco peregrinus
Caucasian Black Grouse 3 4 Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
Caucasian Snowcock 4 8 Tetraogallus caucasicus
Chukar 3 2 Alectoris chukar
Coot 1 2 Fulica atra
Little Ringed Plover 1 2 Charadrius dubius
Common Sandpiper 6 6 Actitis hypoleucos
Yellow-legged (Caspian) Gull 1 50 Larus cacchinnans
Gull-billed Tern 1 20 Gelochelidon nilotica
Little Tern 1 3 Sterna albifrons
Whiskered Tern 1 5 Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black Tern 1 30 Chlidonias leucopterus
Rock/Feral Pigeon 7 20 Columba livia
Turtle Dove 1 2 Streptopalia turtur
Cuckoo 6 2 Cuculus canorus
Scops owl 1 1 H Otus scops
Little Owl 1 1 Athene noctua
Tawny Owl 1 1 H Strix aluco
Alpine Swift 2 20 Apus melba
Common Swift 4 '00s Apus apus
European Bee-eater 2 50 Merops apiaster
Roller 3 15 Coracias garrulus
Hoopoe 2 10 N Upupa epops
Green Woodpecker 1 1 Picus viridis
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopos major
Calandra Lark 2 20 Melanocorypha calandra
Short-toed Lark 2 6 Calandrella brachydactyla
Crested Lark 2 6 Galerida cristata
Skylark 1 6 Alauda arvensis
Shorelark 4 10 Eremophila alpestris
Crag Martin 4 16 Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Barn Swallow 7 30 Hirundo rustica
House Martin 6 '00s Delichon urbica
Tawny Pipit 2 6 Anthus campestris
Tree Pipit 5 50 Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit 6 6 Anthus cervinus
Water Pipit 6 200 Anthus spinoletta
Yellow Wagtail 3 3 Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail 6 2 Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail 7 20 Motacilla alba
Dipper 2 5 Cinclus cinclus
Wren 6 2 (H) Troglodytes troglodytes
Dunnock 4 10 Prunella modularis
Alpine Accentor 4 2 N Prunella collaris
Nightingale 3 1 (H) Luscinia megarhynchos
Black Redstart 7 50 Phoenicurus ochruros
Redstart 5 12 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Güldenstädt's Redstart 3 6 Phoenicurus erythrogaster
Whinchat 6 10 Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat 3 4 Saxicola torquata armenica
Isabelline Wheatear 2 6 Oenanthe isabellina
Northern Wheatear 7 50 Oenanthe oenanthe
Pied Wheatear 1 6 Oenanthe pleschanka
(Eastern) Black-eared Wheatear 2 4 Oenanthe melanoleuca
Rock Thrush 3 3 Monticola saxatilis
Blue Rock Thrush 1 4 Monticola solitarius
Ring Ouzel 5 10 Turdus torquatus
Blackbird 7 50 Turdus merula
Mistle Thrush 4 1 Turdus viscivorus
Cetti's Warbler 1 1 Cettia cetti
Great Reed Warbler 3 1 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Orphean Warbler 1 2 Sylvia hortensis
Barred Warbler 1 2 Sylvia nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat 7 10 Sylvia curruca
Whitethroat 3 12 Sylvia communis
Garden Warbler 1 1 Sylvia borin
Blackcap 3 4 Sylvia atricapilla
Green Warbler 3 2 Phylloscopus (trochiloides) nitidus
Caucasian Chiffchaff 5 20 Phylloscopus lorenzii
Chiffchaff 2 2 Phylloscopus collybita
Willow Warbler 5 30 Phylloscopus trochilus
Spotted Flycatcher 3 2 Muscicapa striata
Red-breasted Flycatcher 3 10 Ficedula parva
Long-tailed Tit 3 4 Aegithalos caudatus
Coal Tit 6 6 Parus ater
Blue Tit 2 6 Parus caeruleus
Great Tit 6 6 Parus major
(Western) Rock Nuthatch 1 2 Sitta neumayer
Wallcreeper 4 4 Tichodroma muraria
Eurasian Treecreeper 1 4 Certhia familiaris
Penduline Tit 1 2 N Remiz pendulinus
Red-backed Shrike 4 4 Lanius collurio
Lesser Grey Shrike 3 30 Lanius minor
Woodchat Shrike 2 3 Lanius senator
Golden Oriole 3 3 Oriolus oriolus
Jay 4 6 Garrulus glandarius
Magpie 3 20 Pica pica
Alpine Chough 4 12 Pyrrhocorax graculus
Red-billed Chouch 6 100 N Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Jackdaw 1 10 Corvus monudela
Rook 3 100 N Corvus frugeligus
Hooded Crow 7 20 Corvus cornix
Raven 7 10 N Corvus corax
Starling 3 20 Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow 7 30 Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow 3 2 Passer montanus
Rock Sparrow 1 30 N Petronia petronia
Snowfinch 3 10 N Montifringilla nivalis
Chaffinch 4 4 Fringilla coelebs
Red-fronted Serin 5 50 Serinus pusillus
Greenfinch 3 1 Carduelis chloris
Goldfinch 7 30 Carduelis carduelis
Siskin 1 1 Carduelis spinus
Linnet 3 30 Carduelis cannabina
Twite 4 25 Carduelis flavirostris brevirostris
Great Rosefinch 2 3 Carpodacus rubicilla
Bullfinch 1 2 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Rock Bunting 4 6 Emberiza cia
Ortolan Bunting 4 4 Emberiza hortulana
Black-headed Bunting 2 20 Emberiza melanocephala
Corn Bunting 2 40 Miliaria calandra
Mammals
East Caucasian Tur Capra cylindricornis
Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra
Brown Hare Lepus capensis
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Amphibians and Reptiles
Frog (Photographed) Rana sp.
Frog (Photographed) Rana sp.
Green Toad Bufo viridis
Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis
Spur-thighed Tortoise Testudo graeca
Caucasian Agama Agama caucasica
Butterflies
Green-veined White Artogeia napi
Eastern Bath White Pontia edusa
Clouded Yellow Colias crocea
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi
Brown Argus Aricia agestis
Blue Sp. (Photographed)
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Small Tortoiseshell Aglias urticae
Comma Polygonia c-album
Queen-of-Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia
Glanville Fritillary (Photos) Melitaea cinxia
Smaller Fritillary (Photos)
Dalmatian Ringlet Proterebia afra
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Wall Brown Lasiommata megera
Dragonflies
Lesser Emperor Anax parthanope