Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Eurasian Woodcock

(Scolopax rusticola)

Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020 – Least Concern

Population size: 30 – 100 pairs

Distribution pattern

With dispersed habitats, more grouped in Sredna Gora, the forested parts of the Western and Central Balkan, Rila, Pirin, Western Rhodopes, Osogovska Mountain, Strandzha, 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 only in forests, most often in coniferous forests and mixed forests, rarely – in old broad-leaved deciduous forests.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed