Armenia

Field research in Armenia with colleagues from Russia, the USA, Serbia and Armenia

From the left: Giovanni Boano (Carmagnola Museum), Gary Voelker (Texas A&M University), Marco Pavia (University of Turin) on the border with Iran.

Igor Fadeev (Darwin Museum Moscow) and Marko Rakovic (Beograd Natural History Museum) intent on recording bird songs on the slopes of Mount Aragats.

Marko Rakovic (Beograd N.H. Museum) and Marco Pavia (University of Turin) with four splendid Merops persicus.

The leader of the expedition, Sergei Drovetski (Tromsø University), with Sargis Agayan (Yerevan State University, Department of Zoology), ringing some birds after taking a blood sample for the study of blood parasites and population genetics.

A male Eremophila penicillata singing.