Flora and Fauna / Georgia Caucasus

Firstly, Georgia is a paradise for nature lovers, botanists and for tracing wildlife, Its rich geographical diversity is well reflected in its flora and fauna.

Types of the floral plants

• The country has more than 5000 types of the floral plants, of which around 15% are endemic to the Caucasus
• Also around 300 are endemic to Georgia alone.

Birds and Fishes

• First at all, forests are widespread mostly in mountains and occupy about the third of the country area.

Moreover, as for the Fauna, it is represented with more than:

• 100 types of mammals, 330 types of birds
• and 160 types of fishes.
• Also, many of them are endemic or half-endemic. Four endemic species can be seen only here.

The Georgian forests and animals

1-Firstly, About The Georgian forests

Georgian forests, which cover about 40% of Georgia’s territory, are home to :

• wolves, bears, jackals, lynx and other predators.
• Also, Hoofed animals, such as roe deer, red deer, wild boar, wild goat etc can also be found here.

In 2003, a striking discovery was made:

remote sensing cameras captured an adult male Anatolian Leopard in the Vashlovani National Park.

• This animal had been considered long extinct in Georgia.

Georgian nature

• Georgia is, without any doubt, a bird-watching paradise.
• Definitely, the southern region of Georgia is especially rich in bird life, including highland raptors as well as the many wetland varieties.
• It is worth mentioning that the common pheasant, which is found across Europe and North America originates from the Caucasus region and is named after the Phasis River-Today’s Rioni River in western Georgia.