Tsovinar Hovhannisyan

Tsovinar graduated from the Pedagogical University of Armenia with a Master's degree in Biology. The topic of her Master's thesis was “The ecology of Long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus) and breeding preferences in Armenia”. Starting in 2011, she works at the laboratory of Zoology of Vertebrates of the Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS Armenia. Tsovinar has more than ten years of work experience with raptor species starting as a volunteer at the Batumi Raptor counts (2008, 2009) and working as a Biodiversity expert (2012,2017) in the eastern forested areas of Armenia. As a PhD applicant at the laboratory of Zoology of Vertebrates, she studied Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) ecology, population trends impacted by climate change and movement patterns of the species in Armenia. 

Research interests: Zoology, Ornithology, Climate change, Behavioural Ecology, Feeding Ecology.

TransCause: Tsovinar is the lead of the Armenian team researching birds of prey and their feeding ecology.