Common Nightingale

(Luscinia megarhynchos)

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

Population size: 200 000 – 500 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Distributed throughout the country without the middle and high parts of the mountains of the Rila-Rhodope Massif, the Central and Western Stara Planina, Western Frontier Mountains, etc.

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 lowland valleys with various scrubs and grasslands; in alluvial and riverine forests and brush; in the edges or in sparse broad-leaved deciduous forests, especially along rivers and streams; in overgrown with vegetation banks of dams and swamps; in abandoned and overgrown with shrubs orchards, tree and shrub plantations; in strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them; in many places – in public parks and gardens, as well as in yards or areas with dense shrubs and trees in towns, villages and industrial zones.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed