Armenia
I spent a day driving through Armenia in 2017. I didn’t look for, nor see, any mammals. But it is a beautiful country and somewhere I want to return to.
Community Reports
Georgia & Armenia, May 2022: Frans de Schamphelaere, 9 days & 7 mammal species including Dagestan Tur, Bezoar Goat, Brown Bear and Caucasian Squirrel.
Georgia & Armenia, April 2022: Wise Birding, 12 days & 6 species including Eurasian Lynx, Brown Bears and Bezoar (Wild Goat).
Georgia and Armenia, 2019: Frans De Schamphelaere, 2 weeks (primarily birding) & 9 species including Eastern Tur and a Brown Bear.
Georgia and Armenia, 2019: Jan Ebr’s account of a “few mammals while birding” over 10 days. But those few included Eurasian Lynx, Brown Bear and Eastern Tur.
Armenia, 2018: Sophie and Manuel Baumgartner, 6 days & 10 species including Wolf, Wild Cat and Wild Goat.
Armenia and Georgia, 2013: Michal and Piotr Polanski, 10 days & 9 species including Bezoar Goat and Syrian Brown Bear.
Armenia, 1988-1990: Vladimir Dinets’ notes of sites there with species including Lesser Rock Shrew and Syrian Brown Bear.
Also See
Please email me if you have tips for mammal watching in this area.
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