Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Common Buzzard

(Buteo buteo)

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

Population size: 2 500 – 4 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Throughout the country. Not found at some areas in treeless plains with predominant arable lands – locally in the Danubian and the Thracian Plains, the Burgas Lowlands, etc.

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Breeding distribution 2013 – 2020 – The distribution and the estimation of the population size of the species for the period 2013 – 2020 is presented –

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 broad-leaved deciduous forests, coniferous forests, mixed forests, and alluvial and riverine forests and brush, as well as in tree lines, hedges, and patches of them, always near open areas. Rarely in big public parks and large gardens on the outskirts of larger settlements.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed