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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Georgia: The High Caucasus

Cumulative Checklist

with Steve Rooke and local leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of three species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2012 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2012 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only
A B C D
2 Great Crested Grebe 1 2 Podiceps cristatus
3 Little Grebe 1 1 Tachybaptus ruficollis
1 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
2 Black-necked Grebe 1 1 Podiceps nigricollis
1 Great Cormorant Phalacracorax carbo
1 Pygmy Cormorant Phalacracorax pygmaeus
1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
1 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
1 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
3 Grey Heron 1 5 Ardea cinerea
2 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
2 Ruddy Shelduck 2 10 Tadorna ferruginea
2 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
2 Northern Shoveler 1 2 Anas clypeata
1 Common Teal Anas crecca
1 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
2 White-tailed Eagle 2 2 Haliaeetus albilcilla
2 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
3 Black Kite 4 100 Milvus migrans
3 Lammergeier 3 4 Gypaetus barbatus
3 Egyptian Vulture 2 3 Neophron percnopterus
3 Griffon Vulture 7 20 Gyps fulvus
2 Black Vulture 3 2 Aegypius monachus
3 Short-toed Eagle 2 2 Circaetus gallicus
3 Marsh Harrier 4 3 Circus aeruginosus
1 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
3 Montagu's Harrier 4 4 Circus pygargus
2 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
3 Sparrowhawk 5 4 Accipiter nisus
2 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
3 Common (Steppe) Buzzard 6 ?00s Buteo buteo vulpinus
3 Long-legged Buzzard 2 4 Buteo rufinus
3 Lesser Spotted Eagle 2 4 Aquila pomarina
3 Steppe Eagle 3 1 Aquila nipalensis
2 Imperial Eagle 3 2 Aquila heliaca
3 Golden Eagle 1 3 Aquila chrysaetos
3 Booted Eagle 2 1 Hieraeetus pennatus
2 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
3 Common Kestrel 7 4 Falco tinnunculus
1 Merlin Falco columbarius
1 Hobby 1 1 Falco subbuteo
3 Peregrine 1 1 Falco peregrinus
3 Caucasian Black Grouse 4 7 Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
3 Caucasian Snowcock 3 7 Tetraogallus caucasicus
2 Black Francolin 1 2 H Francolinus francolinus
3 Chukar 1 2 Alectoris chukar
1 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
2 Quail 1 1 H Coturnix coturnix
2 Moorhen 2 1 Gallinula chloropus
3 Coot 1 4 Fulica atra
1 Water Rail 1 2 H Rallus aquaticus
1 Common Crane Grus grus
1 Demoiselle Crane 1 40 Anthropoides virgo
1 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
2 Black-winged Stilt 2 12 Himantopus himantopus
3 Little Ringed Plover 2 4 Charadrius dubius
1 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
1 Little Stint Calidris minuta
1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
1 Green Sandpiper 1 2 Tringa ochropus
1 Redshank Tringa totanus
1 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
1 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
3 Common Sandpiper 5 2 Actitis hypoleucos
1 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
1 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
1 Caspian Gull Larus cacchinnans
2 Armenian Gull 2 10 Larus armenicus
1 Heuglin's Gull 1 1 Larus heuglini
1 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
2 Common Tern 1 1 Sterna hirundo
1 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
2 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
3 White-winged Black Tern 1 1 Chlidonias leucopterus
3 Rock/feral Pigeon 7 20 Columba livia
2 Wood Pigeon 3 50 Columba palumbus
2 Stock Dove 3 3 Columba oenas
2 Collared Dove 2 4 Streptopelia decaocto
1 Turtle Dove Streptopalia turtur
1 Laughing Dove 3 4 Streptopelia senegalensis
3 Cuckoo 3 3 Cuculus canorus
2 Scops Owl 1 1 Otus scops
3 Little Owl 2 1 Athene noctua
1 Tawny Owl Strix aluco
3 Alpine Swift 1 10 Apus melba
3 Common Swift 4 ?00s Apus apus
3 European Bee-eater 3 4 Merops apiaster
2 Roller Coracias garrulus
3 Hoopoe 4 4 Upupa epops
1 Eurasian Kingfisher 2 1 Alcedo atthis
1 Wryneck Jynx torquilla
1 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
3 Green Woodpecker 1 1 H Picus viridis
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 1 Dendrocopos major
2 Syrian Woodpecker 3 1 Dendrocopos syriacus
1 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius
3 Calandra Lark 2 100 Melanocorypha calandra
2 Short-toed Lark 1 6 Calandrella brachydactyla
3 Crested Lark 3 20 Galerida cristata
2 Woodlark 1 2 Lullula arborea
3 Skylark 2 20 Alauda arvensis
3 Shorelark 2 1 Eremophila alpestris
1 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
2 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
3 Barn Swallow 7 ?00s Hirundo rustica
1 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
3 House Martin 4 200 Delichon urbica
3 Tawny Pipit 3 6 Anthus campestris
3 Tree Pipit 3 8 Anthus trivialis
2 Meadow Pipit 1 1 Anthus pratensis
3 Red-throated Pipit 3 8 Anthus cervinus
3 Water Pipit 4 ?00s Anthus spinoletta
3 Yellow Wagtail ssp 1 5 Motacilla flava ssp
3 Yellow Wagtail 3 20 Motacilla flava flava
1 Yellow Wagtail (Black-headed) Motacilla flava feldegg
1 Yellow Wagtail (Grey-headed) 2 3 Motacilla flava thunbergi
2 Yellow Wagtail (Sykes's) 2 3 Motacilla flava beema
1 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
3 Grey Wagtail 4 6 Motacilla cinerea
3 White Wagtail 7 30 Motacilla alba
3 Dipper 3 3 Cinclus cinclus
3 Wren 1 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Dunnock 4 4 Prunella modularis
3 Alpine Accentor 1 1 Prunella collaris
3 Robin 2 2 Erithacus rubecula
3 Nightingale 2 1 Luscinia megarhynchos
1 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
3 Black Redstart 5 20 Phoenicurus ochruros
3 Redstart 5 6 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
3 Güldenstädt’s Redstart 3 15 Phoenicurus erythrogaster
3 Whinchat 2 6 Saxicola rubetra
3 Siberian Stonechat 2 3 Saxicola torquata armenica
1 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola torquata variegatus
3 Isabelline Wheatear 2 10 Oenanthe isabellina
3 Northern Wheatear 5 12 Oenanthe oenanthe
3 Pied Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe pleschanka
3 (Eastern) Black-eared Wheatear 3 3 Oenanthe melanoleuca
3 Rock Thrush 1 1 Monticola saxatilis
2 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
3 Ring Ouzel 4 12 Turdus torquatus
3 Blackbird 7 12 Turdus merula
2 Song Thrush 1 2 H Turdus philomelos
1 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
1 Redwing Turdus iliacus
3 Mistle Thrush 2 2 Turdus viscivorus
2 Cetti's Warbler 2 1 H Cettia cetti
1 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
1 Moustached Warbler 1 3 Acrocephalus
1 Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus
3 Great Reed Warbler 2 1 H Acrocephalus arundinaceus
1 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
3 Eastern Orphean Warbler 2 2 Sylvia crassirostris
2 Ménétries's Warbler 3 20 Sylvia mystacea
1 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
3 Lesser Whitethroat 5 6 Sylvia curruca
3 Whitethroat 1 1 Sylvia communis
2 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
3 Blackcap 4 4 Sylvia atricapilla
3 Green Warbler 2 1 Phylloscopus (trochiloides) nitidus
3 Caucasian Chiffchaff 3 2 Phylloscopus lorenzii
3 Chiffchaff 2 2 Phylloscopus collybita
3 Willow Warbler 5 30 Phylloscopus trochilus
2 Semi-collared Flycatcher 1 1 Ficedula semitorquata
1 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
2 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
3 Red-breasted Flycatcher 3 2 Ficedula parva
3 Long-tailed Tit 2 4 Aegithalos caudatus
3 Coal Tit 3 6 Parus ater
3 Blue Tit 4 2 Parus caeruleus
3 Great Tit 7 10 Parus major
2 Nuthatch 1 1 Sitta europea
1 Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
3 Wallcreeper 3 2 Tichodroma muraria
2 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
2 Penduline Tit 1 2 Remiz pendulinus
2 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
2 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
2 Woodchat Shrike 2 2 Lanius senator
1 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
3 Jay 5 6 Garrulus glandarius krynica
3 Magpie 5 30 Pica pica
3 Alpine Chough 2 300 Pyrrhocorax graculus
3 Red-billed Chough 4 100 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
3 Jackdaw 3 40 Corvus monudela
3 Rook 2 1 Corvus frugeligus
3 Hooded Crow 7 20 Corvus cornix
3 Raven 7 15 Corvus corax
3 Starling 3 50 Sturnus vulgaris
3 House Sparrow 7 8 Passer domesticus
2 Spanish Sparrow 3 40 Passer hispaniolensis
3 Tree Sparrow 3 6 Passer montanus
3 Rock Sparrow 2 3 Petronia petronia
3 Snowfinch 1 1 Montifringilla nivalis
3 Chaffinch 5 12 Fringilla coelebs
3 Red-fronted Serin 3 20 Serinus pusillus
3 Greenfinch 5 6 Carduelis chloris
3 Goldfinch 7 50 Carduelis carduelis
1 Siskin Carduelis spinus
3 Linnet 3 3 Carduelis cannabina
3 Twite 3 150 Carduelis flavirostris brevirostris
2 Common Rosefinch 1 1 H Carpodacus erythrinus
3 Great Rosefinch 1 3 Carpodacus rubicilla
3 Bullfinch 2 2 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
3 Rock Bunting 4 3 Emberiza cia
3 Ortolan Bunting 3 4 Emberiza hortulana
3 Black-headed Bunting 1 1 Emberiza melanocephala
3 Corn Bunting 4 30 Miliaria calandra

Mammals

3 East Caucasian Taur 2 30 Capra cylindricornis
2 Chamois Rubicapra rubicapra
3 Red Squirrel 2 1 Sciurus vulgaris
3 Red Fox 1 1 Vulpes vulpes
2 European Hare 1 1 Lepus europaeus

Amphibians and Reptiles

Caspian Terrapin 1 10 Mauremys caspica
Levantine Viper 1 1 Vipera lebetina
Long-legged Wood Frog 3 20 Rana macrocnemis
Rock Lizard sp 1 4 Lacerta sp.
Caucasian Agama 1 1 Laudakia caucasia
Meditteranean Tortoise 2 15 Testudo ibera