Birds of Abkhazia

List of Birds Found in Abkhazia

Vultures

• Cinereous Vulture
• Griffon Vulture
• Egyptian Vulture

Eagles

• Golden Eagle
• Eastern Imperial Eagle
• Steppe Eagle
• Greater Spotted Eagle
• Lesser Spotted Eagle

Hawks and Falcons

• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Peregrine Falcon
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Hen Harrier
• Levant Sparrowhawk
• Saker Falcon
• Eurasian Buzzard
• Rough-legged Buzzard

Owls

• Eurasian Scops Owl
• Northern Long-eared Owl
• Tawny Owl
• Eurasian Eagle Owl
• Tengmalm’s Owl
• Short-eared Owl

Herons and Egrets

• Great Egret
• Grey Heron
• Little Bittern
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Squacco Heron

Ducks, Geese, and Swans

• Common Merganser
• Marbled Teal
• Ruddy Shelduck
• Common Pochard
• Lesser White-fronted Goose
• Common Shelduck
• Garganey
• White-headed Duck
• Red-crested Pochard
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Smew
• Tufted Duck
• Greater Scaup
• Eurasian Teal
• Mallard
• Mute Swan
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Gadwall

Cranes

• Demoiselle Crane
• Common Crane

Rails and Crakes

• Eurasian Moorhen
• Common Moorhen
• Spotted Crake
• Little Crake
• Water Rail

Plovers

• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Little Ringed Plover
• Eurasian Dotterel
• Northern Lapwing

Sandpipers

• Green Sandpiper
• Wood Sandpiper
• Common Redshank
• Common Greenshank
• Common Sandpiper

Gulls and Terns

• Black-headed Gull
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Slender-billed Gull
• Caspian Gull
• Little Gull
• Mediterranean Gull
• Black Tern
• Sandwich Tern
• Common Tern

Auks and Grebes

• Black-throated Diver
• Great Crested Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• Black-necked Grebe
• Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

• Rock Dove
• Eurasian Turtle Dove
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Namaqua Dove

Partridges and Pheasants

• Chukar Partridge
• Grey Partridge
• Common Pheasant
• Caucasian Black Grouse

Cuckoos

• Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

• European Nightjar

Swifts

• Common Swift
• Alpine Swift

Kingfishers

• Common Kingfisher

Bee-eaters

• European Bee-eater

Hoopoes

• Common Hoopoe

Woodpeckers

• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Middle Spotted Woodpecker
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Black Woodpecker
• White-backed Woodpecker
• Green Woodpecker

Larks

• Eurasian Skylark
• Horned Lark
• Wood Lark
• Greater Short-toed Lark
• White-winged Lark
• Calandra Lark

Swallows and Martins:

• Barn Swallow
• Northern House Martin
• Sand Martin

Pipits

• Meadow Pipit
• Tree Pipit
• Water Pipit
• Yellow Wagtail
• Citrine Wagtail
• Tawny Pipit

Wagtails

• White Wagtail
• Yellow Wagtail
• Citrine Wagtail

Thrushes

• Song Thrush
• Redwing
• Mistle Thrush
• Fieldfare
• European Stonechat
• Black-eared Wheatear
• Northern Wheatear
• Isabelline Wheatear
• European Robin
• Common Redstart
• Black Redstart
• Whinchat
• Bluethroat
• Eastern Stonechat
• Common Rock Thrush
• Ring Ouzel

Cisticolas and Warblers

• Sedge Warbler
• River Warbler
• Marsh Warbler
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Great Reed Warbler
• Grasshopper Warbler
• Savi’s Warbler
• Icterine Warbler
• Garden Warbler
• Blackcap
• Whitethroat
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Common Whitethroat
• Wood Warbler
• Willow Warbler
• Goldcrest
• Greenish Warbler
• Yellow-browed Warbler
• Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
• Booted Warbler
• Blyth’s Reed Warbler
• Barred Warbler
• Olive-tree Warbler
• Eastern Orphean Warbler

Nuthatches and Treecreepers

• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Krüper’s Nuthatch
• Eurasian Treecreeper
• Short-toed Treecreeper

Shrikes

• Great Grey Shrike
• Woodchat Shrike
• Lesser Grey Shrike
• Red-backed Shrike

Crows and Jays

• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Carrion Crow
• Common Raven

Starlings

• Common Starling
• Rosy Starling

Sparrows and Finches

• House Sparrow
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Common Chaffinch
• European Serin
• European Greenfinch
• European Goldfinch
• Eurasian Siskin
• Common Linnet
• Twite
• Eurasian Bullfinch

Buntings

• Corn Bunting
• Ortolan Bunting
• Black-headed Bunting
• Rock Bunting
• Cretzschmar’s Bunting
• Reed Bunting
• Yellowhammer

Thick-knees

• Eurasian Thick-knee