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| Participants of White Stork survey in Georgia in 2009 - Alexander Goderidze (left) and Alexander Abuladze |
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| Participants of White Stork survey in Georgia in 2009 - Alexander Goderidze (left) and Alexander Abuladze |
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| Area of breeding distribution of White Stork in Georgia (present - green; former - red) |
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| Typical nesting habitats in western part of Javakheti Upland |
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| Typical nesting habitats in eastern part of Javakheti Upland |
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| Typical nesting habitats in Tsalka Hollow |
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| Typical feeding habitats in Tsalka Hollow |
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| Typical feeding habitats in Tsalka Hollow |
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| Typical feeding habitats in Saghamo Lake basin |
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| Typical feeding habitats in central part of Javakheti Upland (Sulda wetlands) |
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| Typical feeding habitats in central part of Javakheti Upland (Sulda lake) |
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| Typical feeding habitats in Paravani River basin (Javakheti Upland) |
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| Typical feeding habitats in eastern part of Javakheti Upland (Madatapa Lake) |
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| Feeding habitats at wet meadows around Khanchali Lake |
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| Nest in Ninotsminda town (No NIN 2) |
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| Nest in Ninotsminda town (No NIN 1) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 44) |
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| Nest in Patara Khanchali village (No NIN 14) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 45) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 46) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 47) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 41) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 42) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 43) |
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| Nest in Poka village (No NIN 33) |
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| Nest in Didi Khanchali village (No NIN 11) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 48) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 49) |
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| Nest No NIN 34 |
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| Nest in Madatapa (No NIN 32) |
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| Nest in Ninotsminda town (No NIN 6) |
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| Nest in Ninotsminda town (No NIN 7) |
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| Nest in Dilif village (No NIN 47) |
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| Nest No NIN 21 |
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| Nest No NIN 20 |
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| Nest No NIN 19 |
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| Nest No NIN 18 |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 40) |
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| Nest in Rodionovka village (No NIN 55) |
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| Nest No NIN 14 |
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| Nest No NIN 15 |
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| Nest No NIN 16 |
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| Nest No NIN 17 |
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| Nest No AKH 2 |
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| Nest No AKH 4 |
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| Nest in Orodjalari village (No NIN 47) |
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| Nest No AKH 1 |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 38) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 39) |
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| Nest in Ninotsminda town (No NIN 4) |
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| Nest in Ninotsminda town (No NIN 3) |
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| Nest in Ninotsminda town (No NIN 5) |
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| Nest in Myasnikyani village (No NIN 22) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 36) |
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| Nest in Gorelovka village (No NIN 35) |
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| Nest No TSA 2 |
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| Nest in Baskei village (No TSA 1) |
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| Nest No TSA 4 |
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| Nest No AKH 3 |
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| Nest No AKH 5 |
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| Nest in Kartsakhi village (No AKH 11) |
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| Nest in Kartsakhi village (No AKH 11) |
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| Nest No TSA 8 |
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| Nest No TSA 8 |
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| Nest No TSA 9 |
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| Nest No TSA 10 |
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WHITE STORK IN GEORGIAWhite Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Georgia is considered as a rare migratory breeder, with limited breeding range, the number of which is reducing and very rare in small numbers passage visitor. During breeding season species is occuried only in Southern Georgia at the Lesser Caucasia - at the Javakhethi Upland (Abuladze, 1987; Abuladze et al., 1986; Abuladze & Eligulashvili, 1986; Kutubidze, 1985; Zhordania, 1962). The area of breeding distribution includes Akhalqalaqi and Gomarethi lowlands, Tzalka hollow, slopes of the Abul-Samsari and Javakhethi ridges. All known nests are located between vertical limits from 1250 to 2400 m a.s.l.According to data collected in 1970''s-1990''s, 75-85 pairs were within the limits of breeding distribution in Georgia. 99 occupied nests were found in May 2008 that is highest number of breeding pairs since 1974: - 76 occupied nests were found in eastern and central parts of Javakheti Upland: 36 occupied were in Gorelovka village, 11 in Ninotsminda town, 8 – in Diliti and Didi Gondrio villages, 4 – in Didi Khanchali village, 4 – in Patara Khanchali village, 3 – in Satkhe village, 2- in Mamzara village, 2 – in Zhdanovka village, 1 – in Okami village, 1- Miasnikiani village, 1 – in Arakali village, 1 – in Poka village, 1 – in Spasovka village. - 11 occupied nests were found in western part of Javakheti Upland; - 12 occupied nests were found in Tsalka Hollow. References: ABULADZE, A. 1987. laklaki saqarthveloshi [White Stork in Georgia]. Sakartvelos Buneba, 5: p. 21 (In Georgian). ABULADZE, A.V, ELIGULASHVILI, V.E. 1986. The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia L.) in Georgia. Bull. of Acad. of Sci. of Georgia, 124, 2: pp. 417-420 (in Russian, summary in English). ABULADZE A., KANDAUROV A., ELIGULASHVILI V., EDISHERASHVILI G. 1986. The Status of the Storks in Georgia. - Study of Birds of the USSR / 1st Cong. of Orn. Soc. of the USSR and 9th All-Union Orn. Conf. Abstracts, 1: pp. 19-20 (in Russian). KUTUBIZE, M. 1985. The Guide of Birds of Georgia. Tbilisi: 648 pp. (in Georgian). LEBEDEVA, M.I. 1960. On the numbers of White Stork in USSR. Ornitologija, 3. Moscow: 413-419 (in Russian). LEBEDEVA, M.I. 1975. White Stork in USSR. Materials of the All-Union Conference on birds migrations, Moscow: (in Russian). RADDE, G.I. 1884. The Ornithological Fauna of Caucasia (Ornis Caucasica). Tiflis: - 451 pp. (in Russian). TSVETKOV, E.V. 1901. Ornithological observations in environs of Belyi Kljuch. Materials on study of fauna and flora of Russ. Imp. Zool. Depart.,: 62-102 (in Russian). ZHORANIA, R.G. 1962. The Ornithofauna of Lesser Caucasia (within limits of Georgia). Tbilisi: 288 pp. (in Russian). |
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