Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Common Whitethroat

(Sylvia communis)

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

Population size: 75 000- 200 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Distributed throughout most of the country without some predominantly forested areas in the middle and high parts of the mountains.

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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 mainly in temperate heath and scrub, sclerophyllous scrub, especially in open terrains – pastures, fields, meadows. Also breeds in wastelands, orchards, tree and bush plantations (especially vineyards, abandoned orchards, raspberry plantations, etc.), and strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them, preferring those between fields or other arable land. Does not avoid big or located in the outskirts public parks and large gardens, as well as other open areas of towns, villages, industrial zones As an exception can be found in the edges of more sparse forests (mostly deciduous forests), avoiding the dense parts with tall trees.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed