Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Harmless Range pending 16–16.5 cm Open country Winter visitor European green woodpecker Picus viridis Harmless Range pending 30–36 cm Forest edge and meadows Year-round resident Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major Harmless Abkhazia · Adjara +5 22–23 cm Woods, parks, gardens Year-round resident Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla Harmless Adjara · Mtskheta — Mtianeti +1 16–18 cm Open woodland and edges Recorded in Kakheti, Adjara, and Mtskheta — Mtianeti Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +10 About 17 cm Open ground with shrubs Breeding bird / migrant Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus Harmless Adjara · Samtskhe — Javakheti +4 32–34 cm Woodland edge and farmland Breeding migrant Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops Harmless Range pending 25–32 cm Open and farmland Breeding migrant Common swift Apus apus Harmless Range pending 16–17 cm Towns, cliffs, open air Breeding migrant Tawny owl Strix aluco Harmless Range pending 37–46 cm Woodland and parks Year-round resident Eurasian scops owl Otus scops Harmless Range pending 16–21 cm Open woodland and parks Breeding migrant Tengmalm's owl Aegolius funereus Harmless Range pending 21–28 cm Mountain forest Year-round resident Little owl Athene noctua Harmless Range pending 21–23 cm Open country and villages Year-round resident Western barn owl Tyto alba Harmless Kakheti 33–39 cm Farmland and buildings Year-round resident Eurasian eagle-owl Bubo bubo Harmless Range pending 58–71 cm Cliffs and forest edge Year-round resident European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Harmless Range pending 12–13.5 cm Woodland and edges Passage migrant Semi-collared flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata Harmless Range pending 12–13.5 cm Mature woodland Breeding migrant European robin Erithacus rubecula Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +7 about 14 cm Woodland / gardens Breeds; present year-round Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Harmless Range pending 15–16.5 cm Scrub / woodland edge Breeding migrant Common buzzard Buteo buteo Harmless Range pending 40–58 cm Woodland edge and open country Resident, migrant, winter visitor European honey buzzard Pernis apivorus Harmless Range pending 52–60 cm Woodland and flyway Passage migrant White stork Ciconia ciconia Harmless Adjara · Samtskhe — Javakheti +1 100–115 cm Settlement and wetland Breeding migrant Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Harmless Range pending 66–102 cm Mountain forest and alpine meadow Year-round resident Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus Harmless Samtskhe — Javakheti · Shida Kartli +4 100–110 cm Dry steppe and juniper Breeding Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus Harmless Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti · Samtskhe — Javakheti +3 93–122 cm Cliffs and open country Resident and migrant Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus Harmless Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti · Samtskhe — Javakheti +3 — — Year-round breeding resident Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus Harmless Samtskhe — Javakheti · Shida Kartli +3 — — Breeder and migrant Black kite Milvus migrans Harmless Range pending 48–58 cm Floodplain and wetland Resident, migrant, winter visitor Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +8 29–41 cm Woodland, parks, towns Resident and migrant Eurasian goshawk Accipiter gentilis Harmless Range pending 49–64 cm Dense forest Resident, migrant, winter visitor Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Harmless Range pending 34–58 cm Cliffs, open hunting ground Resident and migrant Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus Harmless Range pending 32–35 cm; wingspan 71–80 cm Open grassland and fields Breeds; present year-round and on passage Northern raven Corvus corax Harmless Range pending 54–71 cm Cliffs, mountains, open country Year-round resident Eurasian magpie Pica pica Harmless Range pending 44–46 cm Open country with trees Year-round resident Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +6 About 35 cm Woodland and parks Resident and breeder Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +8 50–65 cm Lakes, wetlands, rivers, parks Resident, migrant, winter visitor Collared pratincole Glareola pratincola Harmless Range pending 24–28 cm Open wetland edge Breeding migrant Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Harmless Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti · Guria +1 52–64 cm Coast, wetland, harbour Migrant and winter visitor Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus Harmless Kvemo Kartli · Tbilisi Males 65–89 cm; females 53–70 cm Riparian scrub, floodplain, foothill cover Year-round resident Common quail Coturnix coturnix Harmless Abkhazia · Adjara +4 16–18 cm Crops, meadows, grassland Breeding migrant, passage, winter visitor Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar Harmless Range pending 34–38 cm Dry, rocky slopes — Common blackbird Turdus merula Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +9 23.5–29 cm Woodland / gardens Year-round resident Rock Dove Columba livia Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +7 30–36 cm Cliffs; feral birds use buildings Resident and breeder year round Common woodpigeon Columba palumbus Harmless Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti +5 38–45 cm Woods, parks, farmland edge Resident, migrant, winter visitor European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur Harmless Adjara · Kakheti 26–28 cm Scrub and farmland edge Breeding migrant White wagtail Motacilla alba Harmless Adjara 16.5–19 cm Open ground / settlements Year-round resident 
