Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Eurasian Pygmy Owl

(Glaucidium passerinum)

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

Population size: 30 – 120 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy and dispersed distribution, denser in the higher parts of Rila and Central Stara Planina, with more distant breeding sites in the Western Rhodopes, Vitosha, Slavyanka and Pirin. Due to the specifics in the distribution and the methods for locating the species, the existence of unknown breeding grounds is possible.

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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 only in coniferous forests in the high parts of the mountains.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed