Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

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Eurasian scops owl

Eurasian scops owl

(Otus scops)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 6 000 – 9 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution throughout the country, more consistent in the Eastern Rhodopes, Sakar, the valleys of the Rivers...

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Common Kestrel

Common Kestrel

(Falco tinnunculus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 4 000 – 7 500 pairs Density Pattern  Uneven, in most of the occupied squares are less than 10 pairs. Higher density in the areas with rock formations and gorge although...

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Lesser Grey Shrike

Lesser Grey Shrike

(Lanius minor)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 5 000 - 15 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution in all lower and treeless areas, more densely populated in the northern and eastern part of...

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Black-winged Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole

(Glareola nordmanni)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Near threatened Population size: 2 - 4 pairs Distribution pattern The breeding of the species in the country was established with certainty in the year 2002 with the observation of a chick at the...

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Common Stonechat

Common Stonechat

(Saxicola torquatus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 3 000 – 6 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution throughout the country without the forested plains and mountains. More compact in South-eastern...

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Black-headed Bunting

Black-headed Bunting

(Emberiza melanocephala)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 25 000 - 50 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution on most of the territory, more consistent in Southeastern Bulgaria and along the...

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Coal Tit

Coal Tit

(Periparus ater)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 300 000 - 600 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and in some areas dispersed distribution. Densely covering the coniferous belt of the mountains of the Rila-Rhodope...

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Eurasian Bullfinch

Eurasian Bullfinch

(Pyrrhula pyrrhula)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 15 000 - 25 000 pairs Distribution pattern With limited patchy distribution, concentrated in the higher parts of the mountains in the Rila-Rhodope Massif, Central and...

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Red-crested Pochard

Red-crested Pochard

(Netta rufina)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 0 - 1 pairs Distribution pattern After 1990, during the breeding season the species is observed in four wetlands. On May 24, 1993 at the marsh near the camping Europe, (west...

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Red-backed Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

(Lanius collurio)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 300 000 - 700 000 pairs Distribution pattern Widespread throughout the country.Breeding distribution 2013 – 2020 – The distribution and the estimation of the population...

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Subalpine Warbler

Subalpine Warbler

(Sylvia cantillans)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 3000-8000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution, densely covering the Eastern Rhodopes and the area of the valleys of the rivers Struma and Mesta with the...

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Red-breasted Flycatcher

Red-breasted Flycatcher

(Ficedula parva)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 1 000 – 1 500 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution, concentrated mainly in the beech tree belt of Stara Planina (eastward to the Sliven Mountain). With...

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European Robin

European Robin

(Erithacus rubecula)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 1 000 000 – 1 500 000 pairs Distribution pattern Distributed in most of the country, more densely in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, and patchy - in the forested...

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Firecrest

Firecrest

(Regulus ignicapilla)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 10 000 - 40 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution favouring the coniferous belt of the Rila-Rhodope Massif, Vitosha, Western and Central Stara...

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Woodchat Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

(Lanius senator)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 15 000 - 20 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed uneven distribution throughout the country without the higher mountains. More densely in Southeastern...

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Red Kite

Red Kite

(Milvus milvus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 0 pairs Distribution pattern Separate observations of single adult birds in different hilly and low mountainous parts of the country have been made: on May 13, 2003 near the...

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Eurasian Jackdaw

Eurasian Jackdaw

(Corvus monedula)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 75 000 - 250 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution throughout the country, denser in the plains and semi-mountainous areas with predominant...

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Common Swift

Common Swift

(Apus apus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 8 500 - 20 000 pairs Distribution pattern Patchy distribution, totally covering the mountainous areas and the Black Sea coast. Multiple dispersed or less grouped breeding sites...

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Black vulture

Black vulture

(Aegypius monachus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Near threatened Population size: 0 - 2 pairs Distribution pattern Regular presence during the breeding season in the Eastern Rhodopes of birds from the colony in Greece. Apart from the permanent...

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Hawfinch

Hawfinch

 (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 50 000 - 150 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution in most of the country, with the following exceptions: the higher parts of...

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Black Tern

Black Tern

(Chlidonias niger)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 0-100 pairs (2007: 24-50 pairs) Distribution pattern With small numbers of dispersed breeding sites, mainly in the wetlands along the Danube River and the...

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Black Stork

Black Stork

(Ciconia nigra)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 725 -1140 pairs (2007: 300-550 pairs) Distribution pattern Relatively widespread species with a small population, dispersed from 0 m to 1500 m above sea level over...

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Red-footed Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

(Falco vespertinus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Near threatened Population size: 2020: 0 - 16 pairs (2007: 0 - 10 pairs) Distribution pattern At present breeds sporadically in the Sliven District. In the past mainly in the open plains of Northern...

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Purple Heron

Purple Heron

(Ardea purpurea)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 64-136 pairs (2007: 150-250 pairs) Distribution pattern A relatively rare breeding migratory species with a small population. It nests alone or in small colonies -...

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Ruddy Shelduck

Ruddy Shelduck

(Tadorna ferruginea)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 82-153 pairs (2007: 40-80 pairs) Distribution pattern A small population species with isolated breeding sites in Northeastern Bulgaria and in the region of Burgas....

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Common Rosefinch

Common Rosefinch

(Carpodacus erythrinus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 52- 112 pairs (2007: 10-50 pairs) Distribution pattern The permanent distribution of the species is still not stabilized. Occurs dispersed in separate mainly...

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Black Woodpecker

Black Woodpecker

(Dryocopos martius)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 2 177 – 3 137 pairs (2007: 1 500 – 3 500 pairs) Distribution pattern Patchy distribution in the forested mountain areas of the country – the Rila-Rhodope Massif,...

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Red-necked Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

(Podiceps nigricollis)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 35-79 pairs (2007: 30–70 pairs) Distribution pattern With isolated breeding habitats along the Danube River, locally in the Thracian Plain and along the Black...

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Pied Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

(Oenanthe pleschanka)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 186-334 pairs (2007: 350 – 500 pairs) Distribution pattern With compact and in some parts interrupted distribution breeding regularly along the coastal strip of...

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