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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Table 7.
Feeding on carrion by Cinereous Vultures in Caucasus (272 observations in 1972-2004)
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Carrion |
Number of observations |
Number of birds |
Regions |
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Wild animals
N = 33 |
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Badger
Meles meles |
1 |
1 |
Vashlovani Nature Reserve,
SE Georgia |
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Bear
Ursus arctos siriacus |
1 |
1 |
Aragvi River sources, northern part of E Georgia |
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Common fox
Vulpes vulpes |
1 |
1 |
Environs of Mingechaur town,
Western Azerbaijan |
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Caucasian Red Deer
Cervus elaphus |
4 |
11
(4,3,3,1) |
Lagodekhi Nature Reserve,
NE Georgia (3);
Kavkazskii Nature Reserve,
NW Caucasus (1) |
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West Caucasian Tur
Capra caucasica |
2 |
2 |
Svaneti, NW Georgia;
Teberda Nature Reserve,
(NW Caucasus) |
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East Caucasian Tur
Capra cylindricornis |
16 |
21
(4,4,3,3,2,2,1,1,1) |
Eastern Georgia (9);
Western Azerbaijan (2);
Dagestan, NE Caucasus (5) |
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Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra |
1 |
1 |
North-Ossetian Nat. Reserve,
N Caucasus, Russia |
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European Wild Boar
Sus scrofa |
2 |
3 |
Western Azerbaijan (1), Eastern Georgia (1) |
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Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus |
1 |
1 |
Lagodekhi Nature Reserve,
NE Georgia |
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Saiga antelope
Saiga tatarica |
3 |
15
(10,3,2) |
Kalmykia, Russia
(Pre-Caucasia ) |
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Goitred Gazelle
Gazella subguturosa |
1 |
1 |
Shirvan Steppe (Azerbaijan) |
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Domestic animals
n = 249 |
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Domestic sheep
Ovis dom. |
193 |
331 |
everywhere |
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Goat
Capra hircus |
16 |
21 |
everywhere |
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Cattle |
17 |
61 |
everywhere |
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Domestic pig
Sus scrofa dom. |
3 |
4
(3,1) |
Eastern Georgia;
N Ossetia (Central Caucasus) |
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Horse
Equus caballus |
4 |
11
(5,3,2,1) |
Eastern Georgia (2);
Western Azerbaijan (1) |
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Donkey
Equus asinus dom. |
4 |
18
(9,5,3,1) |
Eastern Georgia (2);
Western Azerbaijan (2) |
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Domestic dog
Canis familiaris |
12 |
16 |
Eastern Georgia, Azerbaijan,
Dagestan (Eastern part of Northern Caucasus) |
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Total number
n = 282 |
282 |
520 |
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Beside that, 214 pellets were collected in Central Transcaucasus during our investigations. It should be mentioned, that in one pellet (from nest at Bozdag Ridge, W Azerbaijan) was discovered scales of large fish. Also, in one pellet from nest in Vashlovani Nature Reserve was recorded hair of the Brown Hare Lepus europeus Pall.
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Table 8. GROUPS OF CINEREOUS VULTURES OBSERVED ON CARRION IN SOME AREAS OF CAUCASUS
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No of birds |
Location and dates |
Carrion and No of carcasses |
Other species |
Remarks |
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12 |
Beloe Ozero, SE Kalmykia, Russia; 16/12/1993; |
Horse, Equus caballus (1) |
9 Gyps fulvus
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Observations during 30 min |
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10 |
Sources of Samur River, western part of Dagestan, Russia; 9/07/1993 |
Cattle (1) |
7 Gyps fulvus,
2 Gypaeetus barbatus,
1 Neophron percnopterus |
Observations during 10 min |
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10 |
Kalmykia, Russia;
22/01/1987; |
Saiga antelope, Saiga tatarica (7 carcasses) |
22 Gyps fulvus |
Pers.comm by B.Eligulashvili |
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9 |
Turianchai Nature Reserve, Azerbaijan; 1/04/1976 |
Donkey, Equus asinus dom. (1) |
4 Gyps fulvus,
2 Neophron percnopterus |
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8 |
Guton Reserve, Dagestan, Russia; 11/08/1980; |
Horse, Equus caballus (1) |
1 Gypaeetus barbatus,
14 Gyps fulvus |
Observations during 2,5 h |
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7 |
Iori table-land, SE Georgia; 22/06/1981 |
Domestic sheep, Ovis dom. (3) |
11 Gyps fulvus,
1 Neophron percnopterus |
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7 |
Slope of Mt.Chobandagh, W Azerbaijan; 5/11/1985 |
Domestic sheep, Ovis dom. (4) |
12 Gyps fulvus
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7 |
Mt.Bazardyuzyu, Russia- Azerbaijan border; 7/07/1986 |
East Caucasian Tur,
Capra cylindricornis (4 carcasses) |
1 Gypaeetus barbatus,
3 Gyps fulvus,
1 Neophron percnopterus |
Per.comm. by M.N.Zhuravlyev |
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7 |
Iori table-land, SE Georgia; 25/07/1988 |
Horse, Equus caballus (1) |
8 Gyps fulvus,
2 Neophron percnopterus |
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6 |
Bank of Ajinour Lake, W Azerbaijan; 23/12/1977 |
Cattle (1) |
11 Gyps fulvus |
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6 |
Near Shamkhor reservoir, W Azerbaijan; 6/05/1985 |
Domestic sheep,
Ovis dom. (2) |
1 Gyps fulvus
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5 |
Bozdag Ridge, W Azerbaijan; 7/11/1981 |
Domestic sheep,
Ovis dom. (3) |
5 Gyps fulvus
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5 |
Near Mingechaur reservoir, W Azerbaijan; 30/04/1982 |
Cattle (1) |
3 Gyps fulvus,
1 Neophron percnopterus |
Observations during 15 min |
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5 |
Baksan valley, N Caucasus; Russia; 27/11/1983 |
Goat, Capra hircus (1) |
3 Gyps fulvus
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5 |
Iori table-land, Georgia; 12/01/1987 |
Domestic sheep,
Ovis dom. (4) |
2 Gyps fulvus |
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5 |
Near Mt Jeiranchol, W Azerbaijan, 16/08/2001. |
Donkey, Equus asinus dom. (1) |
7 Gyps fulvus,
2 Neophron percnopterus |
Observations during 20 min |
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5 |
Bank of Alazani River, SE Georgia; 7/03/2003 |
Horse, Equus caballus (1) |
2 Gyps fulvus
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