BIRDWATCHING TOURS

Special Interest tour.

Tour code: BT001

Star Star Star Star Star
Address: Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel: +995 595 321 100

General Information. 

Georgia is home to an impressive number of species of birds that vary from residents, that stay all year around, to breeding birds, that spend a good part of the growing season in Georgia to raise their young, migrants who pass through Georgiawith the seasons, to wintering birds who like to spend a good part of the winter in Georgia to escape colder conditions up north. While many species of birds are relatively common as they are part of the ecosystems of the state, it is always a thrill to stumble upon a rare bird or vagrant, that does not really form part of any the Georgia ecosystems. Maybe it got lost during its travels between its summer and winter residence or it got displaced by bad weather.

Among the species of the checklist of the birds of Georgia you can find  waterfowl and wading birds, a large suite of songbirds, raptors, game birds, swifts and nighthawks, etc., many of which occupy several ecosystems simultaneously, as they fly to and from forests, meadows, shorelines of waters, cities and and urban green spaces. At Birdlist, we have developed a coding system that can help you predict when you may expect a certain species, with a code for seasonality, such as resident, nesting, wintering, etc. A code for abundance will give you a clue on the likelihood that you may actually see a certain species of bird. As we progressed with the coding, we realized that there should be a differentiation in the coding for "common", such as less common, common and very common birds. However, this would require reliable quantative data, which for most states, are not revealed by the commission of bird records. We hope to provide those in the future. In the meantime, enjoy the current checklist of the birds of Georgia.

List of Birds

 

Species Name

 

Tetraogallus caucasicus

Caucasian Snowcock
 

Alectoris chukar

Chukar
 

Francolinus francolinus

Black Francolin
 

Perdix perdix

Grey Partridge
 

Coturnix coturnix

Common Quail
 

Tetrao mlokosiewiczi

Caucasian Grouse
 

Anser albifrons

Greater White-fronted Goose
 

Anser anser

Greylag Goose
 

Tadorna ferruginea

Ruddy Shelduck
 

Tadorna tadorna

Common Shelduck
 

Anas strepera

Gadwall
 

Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard or common Mallard
 

Anas clypeata

Northern Shoveler
 

Anas acuta

Northern Pintail
 

Anas querquedula

Garganey
 

Anas crecca

Common Teal
 

Netta rufina

Red-crested Pochard
 

Aythya nyroca

Ferruginous Pochard
 

Aythya fuligula

Tufted Duck
 

Aythya affinis

Lesser Scaup
 

Melanitta fusca

White-winged Scoter
 

Mergellus albellus

Smew
 

Jynx torquilla

Eurasian Wryneck
 

Dendrocopos minor

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
 

Dendrocopos syriacus

Syrian Woodpecker
 

Dendrocopos leucopterus

White-winged Woodpecker
 

Picus viridis

Eurasian Green Woodpecker
 

Picus canus

Grey-faced or headed Woodpecker
 

Coracias garrulus

European Roller
 

Merops apiaster

European Bee-eater
 

Cuculus canorus

Common Cuckoo
 

Apus apus

Common Swift
 

Tyto alba

Barn Owl
 

Otus scops

Common Scops-Owl
 

Bubo bubo

Eurasian Eagle-Owl
 

Athene noctua

Little Owl
 

Asio otus

Long-eared Owl
 

Asio flammeus

Short-eared Owl
 

Columba livia

Rock Pigeon
 

Columba oenas

Stock Pigeon
 

Columba palumbus

Common Wood-Pigeon
 

Streptopelia turtur

European Turtle-Dove
 

Streptopelia decaocto

Eurasian Collared-Dove
 

Otis tarda

Great Bustard
 

Grus virgo

Demoiselle Crane
 

Crex crex

Corn Crake
 

Porzana parva

Little Crake
 

Porzana pusilla

Baillon's Crake
 

Porzana porzana

Spotted Crake
 

Gallinula chloropus

Common Moorhen
 

Fulica atra

Common Coot
 

Scolopax rusticola

Eurasian Woodcock
 

Limosa limosa

Black-tailed Godwit
 

Tringa totanus

Common Redshank
 

Tringa stagnatilis

Marsh Sandpiper
 

Tringa hypoleucos

Common Sandpiper
 

Burhinus oedicnemus

Eurasian Thick-knee
 

Haematopus ostralegus

Eurasian Oystercatcher
 

Himantopus himantopus

Black-winged Stilt
 

Recurvirostra avosetta

Pied Avocet
 

Charadrius dubius

Little Ringed Plover
 

Vanellus vanellus

Northern Lapwing
 

Larus cachinnans

Yellow-legged Gull
 

Larus ichthyaetus

Great Black-headed Gull
 

Larus ridibundus

Common Black-headed Gull
 

Larus melanocephalus

Mediterranean Gull
 

Larus minutus

Little Gull
 

Gelochelidon nilotica

Gull-billed Tern
 

Sterna caspia

Caspian Tern
 

Sterna sandvicensis

Sandwich Tern
 

Sterna hirundo

Common Tern
 

Sterna albifrons

Little Tern
 

Chlidonias leucopterus

White-winged Tern
 

Chlidonias niger

Black Tern
 

Pandion haliaetus

Osprey
 

Pernis apivorus

European Honey-buzzard
 

Milvus milvus

Red Kite
 

Milvus migrans

Black Kite
 

Haliaeetus albicilla

White-tailed Eagle
 

Gyps fulvus

Eurasian Griffon
 

Circaetus gallicus

Short-toed Snake-Eagle or Short-toed-Eagle
 

Circus aeruginosus

Western or Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
 

Circus cyaneus

Northern / Hen Harrier
 

Circus macrourus

Pallid Harrier
 

Circus pygargus

Montagu's Harrier
 

Accipiter badius

Shikra
 

Accipiter brevipes

Levant Sparrowhawk
 

Accipiter gentilis

Northern Goshawk
 

Buteo rufinus

Long-legged Buzzard
 

Buteo lagopus

Rough-legged Hawk
 

Aquila pomarina

Lesser Spotted Eagle
 

Aquila clanga

Greater Spotted Eagle or Spotted Eagle
 

Aquila rapax

Tawny Eagle
 

Aquila nipalensis

Steppe Eagle
 

Aquila heliaca

Imperial Eagle
 

Hieraaetus pennatus

Booted Eagle
 

Falco naumanni

Lesser Kestrel
 

Falco tinnunculus

Common or Eurasian Kestrel
 

Falco vespertinus

Red-footed Falcon
 

Falco subbuteo

Eurasian Hobby
 

Falco biarmicus

Lanner Falcon
 

Falco cherrug

Saker Falcon
 

Falco peregrinus

Peregrine Falcon
 

Podiceps cristatus

Great Crested Grebe
 

Podiceps nigricollis

Black-necked Grebe
 

Phalacrocorax carbo

Great Cormorant
 

Phalacrocorax capillatus

Japanese Cormorant
 

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Pelagic Cormorant
 

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

European Shag
 

Egretta garzetta

Little Egret
 

Ardea cinerea

Grey Heron
 

Ardea purpurea

Purple Heron
 

Casmerodius albus

Great Egret
 

Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret
 

Ardeola ralloides

Squacco Heron
 

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-crowned Night-Heron
 

Ixobrychus minutus

Little Bittern
 

Botaurus stellaris

Great Bittern
 

Plegadis falcinellus

Glossy Ibis
 

Platalea leucorodia

Eurasian Spoonbill
 

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Great White Pelican
 

Pelecanus crispus

Dalmatian Pelican
 

Ciconia nigra

Black Stork
 

Calonectris diomedea

Cory's Shearwater
 

Puffinus yelkouan

Mediterranean Shearwater
 

Lanius isabellinus

Rufous-tailed Shrike
 

Lanius validirostris

Mountain Shrike
 

Temnurus temnurus

Ratchet-tailed Treepie
 

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Spotted Nutcracker
 

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Red-billed Chough
 

Corvus capensis

Cape Crow
 

Corvus leucognaphalus

White-necked Crow
 

Corvus ruficollis

Brown-necked Raven
 

Oriolus isabellae

Isabela Oriole
 

Monticola angolensis

Miombo Rock-Thrush
 

Monticola rufiventris

Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
 

Turdus albocinctus

White-collared Blackbird
 

Turdus iliacus

Redwing
 

Rhinomyias goodfellowi

Slaty-backed Jungle-Flycatcher
 

Sheppardia lowei

Iringa Akalat
 

Saxicola dacotiae

Canary Islands Chat
 

Oenanthe phillipsi

Somali Wheatear
 

Oenanthe moesta

Red-rumped Wheatear
 

Oenanthe pileata

Capped Wheatear
 

Sturnus roseus

Rosy Starling
 

Sitta formosa

Beautiful Nuthatch
 

Tichodroma muraria

Wallcreeper
 

Parus lugubris

Sombre Tit
 

Parus cinerascens

Ashy Tit
 

Parus afer

Grey Tit
 

Parus holsti

Yellow Tit
 

Melanochlora sultanea

Sultan Tit
 

Cheramoeca leucosternus

White-backed Swallow
 

Hirundo concolor

Dusky Crag-Martin
 

Hirundo fuliginosa

Forest Swallow
 

Regulus calendula

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
 

Locustella lanceolata

Lanceolated Warbler
 

Locustella pleskei

Pleske's Grasshopper-Warbler
 

Locustella fasciolata

Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler
 

Acrocephalus melanopogon

Moustached Warbler
 

Acrocephalus paludicola

Aquatic Warbler
 

Acrocephalus concinens

Blunt-winged Warbler
 

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Blyth's Reed-Warbler
 

Hippolais polyglotta

Melodious Warbler
 

Phylloscopus umbrovirens

Brown Woodland-Warbler
 

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Ashy-throated Warbler
 

Mystacornis crossleyi

Crossley's Babbler
 

Sylvia subcaeruleum

Rufous-vented Warbler
 

Sylvia atricapilla

Blackcap
 

Sylvia communis

Common or Greather Whitethroat
 

Sylvia nana

Desert Warbler
 

Ramphocoris clotbey

Thick-billed Lark
 

Calandrella erlangeri

Erlanger's Lark
 

Chersophilus duponti

Dupont's Lark
 

Lullula arborea

Wood Lark
 

Passer ammodendri

Saxaul Sparrow
 

Passer simplex

Desert Sparrow
 

Petronia dentata

Bush Petronia
 

Petronia petronia

Rock Sparrow
 

Dendronanthus indicus

Forest Wagtail
 

Motacilla citreola

Citrine Wagtail
 

Anthus melindae

Malindi Pipit
 

Anthus sokokensis

Sokoke Pipit
 

Fringilla teydea

Teydefinch
 

Fringilla montifringilla

Brambling
 

Serinus syriacus

Syrian Serin
 

Rhynchostruthus socotranus

Golden-winged Grosbeak
 

Carduelis monguilloti

Vietnam Greenfinch or Vietnamese Greenfinch
 

Carduelis dominicensis

Antillean Siskin
 

Carduelis hornemanni

Hoary Redpoll
 

Carduelis flavirostris

Twite
 

Callacanthis burtoni

Spectacled Finch
 

Carpodacus nipalensis

Dark-breasted Rosefinch
 

Pyrrhula erythaca

Grey-headed Bullfinch
 

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Eurasian Bullfinch
 

Latoucheornis siemsseni

Slaty Bunting
 

Emberiza jankowskii

Rufous-backed Bunting or Janowski's Bunting
 

Emberiza cineracea

Cinereous Bunting
 

Emberiza cabanisi

Cabanis's Bunting
 

Emberiza pallasi

Pallas's Bunting
 

Emberiza yessoensis

Ochre-rumped Bunting or Japanese Reed Bunting
 

Calcarius mccownii

McCown's Longspur
 

Acrocephalus orientalis

Oriental Reed-Warbler
 

Phylloscopus sindianus

Mountain Chiffchaff

If you would like to have more information about our Birdwatching tours, please use our contact form, give us a call or contact us via e-mail: info@promotegeorgia.com

Prices range for FIT (from 1 to 5 persons) and for groups (from 6 to 20 persons). Please, contact us for price inquiry.