See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264898130 Birds of Prey of Georgia Book · January 2013 DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1904.3208 CITATIONS READS 4 1,029 1 author: Alexander Abuladze Ilia State University 99 PUBLICATIONS 159 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Birds of Georgia View project Birds of Prey of the Caucasus View project All content following this page was uploaded by Alexander Abuladze on 20 August 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Materials towards a Fauna of Georgia Issue VI Alexander Abuladze Birds of Prey of Georgia Tbilisi 2013 1 2 ილიას სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის ზოოლოგიის ინსტიტუტი Institute of Zoology Ilia State University Alexander Abuladze ალექსანდრე აბულაძე Birds of Prey of Georgia საქართველოს მტაცებელი ფრინველები Materials towards a Fauna of Georgia Issue VI ნაშრომი დაფინანსებულია შოთა რუსთაველის ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ფონდის მიერ. გრანტი № 1-201 Tbilisi 2013 3 UDC 598.2|9 ა -206 © A.Abuladze ა.აბულაძე Printing House “Lasha Khvichia”, 2013 გამომცემლობა „ლაშა ხვიჩია“, 2013 Tbilisi, 0102, Tsinamdzgvrishvili Str. 24/11, : 295 31 60, e-mail:
[email protected] თბილისი, 0102, მ. წინამძღვრიშვილის ქ. 24/11 ISBN 978-9941-0-5397-9 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENS The beginning of the research of Birds of Prey in Georgia and Caucasus was initiated in 1972 by my Mentor Professor Vladimir Flint (1924-2004), an outstanding Russian ornithologist, zoologist and conservationist, Member of the International Ornithological Committee, Honorary Life Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union, and First Honorary President of the Russian Bird Conservation Union.