Common Redstart

(Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

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

Population size: 2 000 – 5 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy and dispersed distribution throughout the country, more compact in Strandzha, in the coastal part of Eastern Stara Planina and around Varna, in isolated parts of the Western and Central Stara Planina. In the rest of the country with dispersed, usually single and temporary breeding sites.

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 (especially in forests of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus sp.), in towns, villages and industrial areas (mainly on old buildings in settlements with both compact and spread out yards), in alluvial and riverine forests and brush, less common in screes near coniferous forests, inland cliffs and exposed rocks with tree and bushy vegetation around them.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed