Eurasian Wryneck

(Jynx torquilla)

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

Population size: 5 000 – 8 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Patchy distribution over the whole country except for the middle and the high parts of the mountains and the predominantly agricultural areas in the Danubian Plain, the Thracian Plain, Dobrudzha, the Burgas Plain, etc. Isolated breeding grounds or located in neighbouring squares exist in Ludogorie, Lomovete, the hilly areas around the Tundzha River, 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 on scattered trees with hollows in strips of trees, shrubs and patches of them, sometimes in abandoned or older orchards, tree and shrub plantations mixed with bushes and open meadows, especially on slopes. It is also found in sparse groves with hollow trees, less often in remote yards of neighbourhoods or villages with scattered yards, sometimes in poorly maintained parks and gardens or on the outskirts.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed