European Goldfinch

(Carduelis carduelis)

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

Population size: 400 000 – 600 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Everywhere throughout the country, mainly in the plains, hills and in the low mountain regions, less often in the mountains, especially in their high parts.

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 various habitats: especially in strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them, orchards, tree and shrub plantations, public parks and gardens and in other parts in the settlements, especially in roadside trees (mainly in Aesculus hippocastanum) and in small groves of Robinia pseudoacacia in the villages. Breeds in open broad-leaved deciduous forests, alluvial and riverine forests and brush, some sites are in mixed and coniferous forests, etc.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed