Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

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Eurasian Blackbird

Eurasian Blackbird

(Turdus merula)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 1 000 000 – 3 000 000 pairs Density pattern Uneven, the highest density (more than 1000 pairs/sq.) is in the low and middle parts of the mountains. The lowest (less than 10...

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Short-toed Lark

Short-toed Lark

(Calandrella brachydactyla)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 1 200 – 3 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution in plains and low hilly areas throughout the country, mainly in Sakar, Kraimorska...

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Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

(Actitis hypoleucos)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 100 - 250 pairs Distribution pattern Dispersed all over the country, to a lesser extent in the Eastern part (the Black Sea coast and the adjacent areas, Dobrudzha and...

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Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler

(Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 500 – 1 500 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution in the lowlands of the country - grouped in neighbouring squares along the Danube...

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Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

(Himantopus himantopus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 350-430 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution, mainly along the Black Sea coast, in the Thracian Plain, along the Danube River and some...

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Crested Lark

Crested Lark

(Galerida cristata)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 40 000 - 100 000 pairs Distribution pattern Everywhere in open fields throughout the country without the areas with vast and dense forests and the very mountainous parts...

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Crested Tit

Crested Tit

(Parus cristatus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 7000 - 10000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution in the coniferous belt in the high parts of the mountains Rila, Pirin, Slavyanka, Western Rhodopes and...

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Caspian Gull

Caspian Gull

(Larus cachinans)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 50 - 100 pairs Distribution pattern With limited distribution along the Danube. Currently, colonies of the species are found in Ruse and Silistra, but it is possible that...

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Tufted Duck

Tufted Duck

(Aythya fuligula)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 0 - 3 pairs Distribution pattern Dispersed isolated sites along the Danube River and the neighbouring parts of the Danubian Plain, the Black Sea coast, the Sofia Field and...

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Eurasian Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

(Caprimulgus europaeus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 7 000 - 10 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution throughout most of the territory of the country with the exception of some areas with sparse shrub...

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Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover

(Charadrius alexandrinus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 33 - 85 pairs (2007: 120 - 150 pairs) Distribution pattern With isolated breeding sites along the Black Sea coast only – mainly in the Burgas Wetlands...

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Dalmatian pelican

Dalmatian pelican

(Pelecanus crispus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Near threatened Population size: 2020: 60 - 90 pairs (2007: 14 - 128 pairs) Distribution pattern Colonial species, with only one, traditional breeding site at the Srebarna Lake, known since the second...

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Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

(Spatula clypeata) (Anas clypeata)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 3-26 pairs (2007: 12-25 pairs) Distribution pattern A rare breeding species with a small population. Dispersed at isolated breeding localities,...

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Great Spotted Cuckoo

Great Spotted Cuckoo

(Clamator glandarius)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 5-21 pairs (2007: 5-15 pairs) Distribution pattern With dispersed single localities at plain and hilly areas in the whole country, close to each other in the...

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Collared Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

(Glareola pratincola)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 133 - 428 pairs (2007: 140 - 180 pairs) Distribution pattern With grouped breeding sites in three differentiated regions – the Thracian Plain (between the towns...

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Common Pochard

Common Pochard

(Aythya ferina)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Vulnerable Population size: 2020: 69 -266 pairs (2007: 100-250 pairs) Distribution pattern With grouped and dispersed distribution, mainly along the Danube River and the Black Sea coast, where the main...

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