Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Common Magpie

(Pica pica)

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

Population size: 200 000 – 300 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Distributed in natural and anthropogenic habitats in most of the country except for the mountainous and some other areas with dense forest cover and no settlements.

Big size map

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 a wide range of habitats, covering open spaces checkered with mosaics of trees and shrubs; often in strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them; orchards; tree and shrub plantations; especially groves of Robinia pseudoacacia, Populus sp.; in public parks and other areas in settlements; on the edges of sparse broad-leaved deciduous forests, etc. In many places, rich in food and lacking suitable trees and shrubs, the species build its nests on power-line structures.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed