The Checklist of the Birds of Georgia

Gaviiformes

Loons

1. Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
2. Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)
3. Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Podicipediformes

Grebes

4. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
5. Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
6. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
7. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
8. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Procellariiformes

Petrels

9. Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)


Storm Petrels

10. European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Pelecaniformes

Pelicans

11. Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
12. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)


Cormorants

13. Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)
14. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
15. European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

Ciconiiformes

Herons and Egrets

16. Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
17. Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
18. Black-сrowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
19. Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
20. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
21. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
22. Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)
23. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
24. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)


Storks

25. Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
26. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)


Ibises

27. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
28. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Phoenicopteriformes

Flamingos

29. Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Anseriformes

Waterfowl

30. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
31. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
32. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii)
33. Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
34. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
35. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
36. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
37. Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
38. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
39. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
40. Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
41. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
42. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
43. Common Teal (Anas crecca)
44. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
45. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
46. Garganey (Anas querquedula)
47. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
48. Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
49. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
50. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
51. Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
52. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
53. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
54. Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
55. Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
56. Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
57. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
58. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
59. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
60. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
61. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
62. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

Falconiformes

Ospreys

63. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)


Eagles and Hawks

64. European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
65. Oriental Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
66. Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
67. Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
68. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
69. Pallas's Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
70. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
71. Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
72. Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
73. Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
74. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
75. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
76. Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
77. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
78. Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
79. Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
80. Shikra (Accipiter badius)
81. Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
82. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
83. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
84. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
85. Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
86. Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
87. Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)
88. Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)
89. Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
90. Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
91. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
92. Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
93. Bonelli’s Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)


Falcons

94. Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
95. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
96. Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
97. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
98. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
99. Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
100. Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
101. Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
102. Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
103. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Galliformes

Grouses

104. Caucasian Black Grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi)


Pheasants and Quails

105. Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus)
106. Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius)
107. Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
108. Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus)
109. Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
110. Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
111. Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Gruiformes

Cranes

112. Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
113. Common Crane (Grus grus)


Rails

114. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
115. Corncrake (Crex crex)
116. Little Crake (Porzana parva)
117. Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
118. Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
119. Grey-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
120. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
121. Common Coot (Fulica atra)


Bustards

122. Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
123. Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

Charadriiformes

Thick-knees

124. Eurasian Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)


Oystercatchers

125. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)


Stitls and Avocets

126. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
127. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)


Plovers

128. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
129. Spur-winged Plover (Hoplopterus spinosus)
130. White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellochettusia leucura)
131. Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)
132. Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
133. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
134. Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
135. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
136. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
137. Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
138. Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
139. Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
140. Eurasian Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)


Sandpipers and Snipes

141. Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
142. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
143. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
144. Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
145. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
146. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
147. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
148. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
149. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
150. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
151. Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
152. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
153. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
154. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
155. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
156. Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
157. Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
158. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
159. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
160. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
161. Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)
162. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
163. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
164. Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
165. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
166. Ruff male, Reeve female (Philomachus pugnax)
167. Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)


Pratincoles

168. Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor)
169. Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
170. Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)


Skuas

171. Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
172. Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
173. Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)


Gulls and Terns

174. Common Gull (Larus canus)
175. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
176. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
177. Heuglin's Gull (Larus heuglini)
178. Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
179. Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
180. Armenian Gull (Larus armenicus)
181. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
182. Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii)
183. Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
184. Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
185. Common Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
186. Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
187. Little Gull (Larus minutus)
188. Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
189. Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
190. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
191. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
192. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
193. Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
194. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
195. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
196. Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)

Pterocliformes

Sandgrouses

197. Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)
198. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
199. Pallas’s Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)

Columbiformes

Pigeons and Doves

200. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
201. Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)
202. Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
203. European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
204. Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
205. Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
206. Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)

Cuculiformes

Cuckoos

207. Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
208. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Strigiformes

Barn Owls

209. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)


True Owls

210. Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops)
211. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
212. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
213. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
214. Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus)
215. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
216. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
217. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars

218. Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Apodiformes

Swifts

219. Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
220. Common Swift (Apus apus)

Coraciiformes

Rollers

221. European Roller (Coracias garrulus)


Kingfishers

222. White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
223. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)


Bee-eaters

224. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
225. European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Upupiformes

Hoopoes

226. Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Piciformes

Woodpeckers

227. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
228. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
229. White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
230. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)
231. Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
232. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
233. Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
234. European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Passeriformes

Larks

235. Black-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
236. Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
237. Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
238. White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
239. Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
240. Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
241. Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
242. Horned Lark / Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
243. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
244. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
245. Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)
246. Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)


Swallows

247. Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
248. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
249. Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
250. Eurasian Crag-martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
251. Northern House Martin (Delichon urbicum)


Pipits and Wagtails

252. Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
253. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
254. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
255. Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
256. Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
257. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
258. Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
259. Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)
260. Yellow-headed Wagtail (Motacilla lutea)
261. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
262. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
263. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)


Waxwings

264. Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)


Dippers

265. White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)


Wrens

266. Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


Accentors

267. Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
268. Radde’s Accentor (Prunella ocularis)
269. Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)


Thrushes

270. Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
271. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
272. Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
273. Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
274. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
275. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
276. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
277. Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
278. Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)
279. Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
280. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
281. Güldenstadt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus)
282. White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis)
283. Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin (Erythropygia galactotes)
284. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
285. Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
286. Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
287. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
288. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
289. European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
290. Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
291. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
292. Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
293. Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
294. Finsch’s Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)
295. Persian Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
296. Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)


Flycatchers

297. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
298. European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
299. Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
300. Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata)
301. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)


Warblers

302. Cetti’s Warbler (Cettia cetti)
303. Savi’s Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
304. River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)
305. Common Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
306. Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
307. Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
308. Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola)
309. Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
310. Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
311. Blyth's Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
312. Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
313. Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
314. Great Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
315. Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata)
316. Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida)
317. Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
318. Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
319. Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
320. Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii)
321. Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis)
322. Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
323. Green Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus)
324. Pallas’s Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
325. Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
326. Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
327. Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
328. Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
329. Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
330. Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
331. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
332. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
333. Ménétries’s Warbler (Sylvia mystacea)
334. Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)


Goldcrests

335. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
336. Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)


Bearded Tits

337. Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)


Long-tailed Tits

338. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)


Penduline Tits

339. Eurasian Penduline-tit (Remiz pendulinus)


Titmices

340. Marsh Tit (Parus palustris)
341. Willow Tit (Parus montanus)
342. Sombre Tit (Parus lugubris)
343. Crested Tit (Parus cristatus)
344. Coal Tit (Parus ater)
345. Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
346. Great Tit (Parus major)


Nuthatches

347. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
348. Western Rock-nuthatch (Sitta neumayer)
349. Eastern Rock-nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)
350. Krüper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi)
351. Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)


Treecreepers

352. Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
353. Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)


Shrikes

354. Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
355. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
356. Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)
357. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
358. Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)


Orioles

359. Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)


Crows and Jays

360. Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
361. Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
362. Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
363. Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
364. Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
365. Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
366. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
367. Oriental Carrion Crow (Corvus orientalis)
368. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
369. Common Raven (Corvus corax)


Starlings

370. Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
371. Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)
372. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)


Sparrows

373. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
374. Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
375. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
376. Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
377. White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)


Finches

378. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
379. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
380. Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus)
381. European Serin European Serin (Serinus serinus)
382. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
383. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
384. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
385. Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
386. Twite (Acanthis flavirostris)
387. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
388. Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
389. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
390. Great Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
391. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
392. Common Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
393. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)


Buntings

394. Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
395. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
396. Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)
397. Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
398. Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
399. Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
400. Grey-necked Bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
401. Cretzschmar’s Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
402. Black-headed Bunting (Granativora melanocephala)
403. Reed Bunting (Schoeniclus schoeniclus)
404. Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
405. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)