Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

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Isabelline Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

(Oenanthe isabellina)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 3 500 – 7 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution, gradually decreasing in density of the breeding sites from southeast to northwest. The...

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Black-eared Wheatear

Black-eared Wheatear

(Oenanthe hispanica)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2000 – 4000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution throughout the country, but mainly in Southern Bulgaria. Most compact in the Eastern...

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Spanish Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

(Passer hispaniolensis)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 200 000-500 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution in the plains and low - mountain parts of the whole country, more consistently in...

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Mistle Thrush

Mistle Thrush

(Turdus viscivorus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 80 000 – 120 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution, covering the entire mountainous part of the country, including the lower mountains. With located in...

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Eastern Orphean Warbler

Eastern Orphean Warbler

(Sylvia crassirostris)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 400- 6 00 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and more dense distribution along the valleys of the rivers Struma and Mesta and their adjacent areas (especially in...

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Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler

Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler

(Phylloscopus orientalis)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 5 000 – 7 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution, covering more densely the Eastern Rhodopes, separate areas of the valleys of the...

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Icterine Warbler

Icterine Warbler

(Hippolais icterina)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 150 - 300 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution in both plains and mountains throughout the country. More dense along the Black Sea coast,...

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Imperial eagle

Imperial eagle

(Aquila heliaca)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Vulnerable Population size: 2020: 29-32 pairs (2007: 30–35 pairs) Distribution pattern The main part of the population is concentrated in Southeastern Bulgaria - Sakar, Sliven District, the southernmost...

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Paddyfield Warbler

Paddyfield Warbler

(Acrocephalus agricola)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 82-153 pairs (2007: 50-80 pairs) Distribution pattern With very limited distribution, mainly in the Durankulak and the Shabla lakes (with Shabla Tuzla) and with...

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