Eurasian Golden Oriole

(Oriolus oriolus)

Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Least Concern

Population size: 80 000 – 150 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Distributed throughout the country except for the higher parts of the mountains (above the mixed forests belt) and some plains and low mountain areas.

Comparative distribution of the species compared to the first breeding birds atlas (Iankov, 2007): Breeding locality until 2007 | Breeding locality until 2007, confirmed after 2015 – | New breeding locality after 2015. – The breeding localities after 2015 are identified on a base of raw data from smartbirds.org.

Habitats

Breeds in open broad – leaved deciduous forests (mainly Quercus sp.), which are the primary habitat of the species. Often breeds also in orchards, tree and shrub plantations (especially plantations of Populus sp. and Robinia pseudoacacia), in riparian strips of trees of Populus sp. and other tree species, shrubs and patches of them, as well as in public parks and gardens and other forested areas in settlements.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

 Threats

Not analysed