Eurasian Treecreeper

(Certhia familiaris)

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

Population size: 50 000 – 75 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy and dispersed distribution, concentrated mainly in the mountainous forest areas. Denser distribution in the mountains Rila, Pirin, Western Rhodopes, Sredna Gora, Vitosha, Central Stara Planina, more fragmented in Western and Eastern Stara Planina, Strandzha and Osogovo Mountains, as well as isolated breeding sites in the Eastern Rhodopes, Ludgorie, Danube 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 mainly in coniferous forests – Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris, P. nigra, P. peuce and P. heldreihii; in broad-leaved deciduous forests, mainly of Quercus sp. and Fagus sylvatica; in mixed forests. It is also found in orchards, tree and bush plantations, and public parks and gardens (forest type parks).

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed