Eurasian Green Woodpecker

(Picus viridis)

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

Population size: 10 000 – 30 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With almost ubiquitous distribution throughout the country without the highest parts of the mountains, some areas in Dobrudzha, the Danubian plain, 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 forests of various types, especially in sparse deciduous broad-leaved forests or at their edges, strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them; often along rivers; in alluvial and riverine swamp forests and brush, orchards, tree and shrub plantations, mixed forests, coniferous forests, as well as in public parks and large gardens, yards and in other parts of towns, villages and industrial zones.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed