Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Eurasian Hobby

(Falco subbuteo)

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

Population size: 600 – 1200 pairs

Distribution pattern

Dispersed over the whole territory of the country in both plains and in higher parts of the mountains. More dense distribution along the valleys of most of the larger rivers, as well as along the whole Northern Black Sea coast (including Dobrudzha), in the Eastern Rhodopes, the hilly areas around the Tundzha River, the Northern part of the Danubian Plain, the Eastern Stara Planina, etc.

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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 in broad-leaved deciduous forests, coniferous forests and alluvial and riverine forests and brush, in strips of trees, shrubs, and patches of them, often along rivers.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed