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Common Crossbill

(Loxia curvirostra)

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

Population size: 5 000 – 25 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With a patchy distribution in the coniferous belt in the high mountains of the Rila-Rhodope Massif, Vitosha, Western and Central Stara Planina, with single breeding sites in Kraishte, Sredna Gora, Plana, the southern parts of the Eastern Rhodopes, 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

The species breeds entirely in coniferous forests of Picea abies, Pinus peuce, P. heldreichii, P. sylvestris and P. nigra. It is relatively rare in mixed forests.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed