European Serin

(Serinus serinus)

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

Population size: 25 000 – 50 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy distribution, concentrated mainly in the higher parts of the Rila-Rhodope Massif, Western and Central Stara Planina, Sredna Gora and Vitosha, more dispersed in the Eastern Rhodopes and with isolated breeding sites in Sakar, the Thracian Plain, Rui Mountain, 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 of Picea abies, Abies alba, Pinus peuce, P. heldreihii, P. sylvestris and P. nigra. Less common in broad – leaved deciduous and mixed forests. Less frequently found in public parks and gardens in settlements in mountainous and fore – mountainous regions.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed