Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

European Turtle Dove

(Streptopelia turtur)

Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Vulnerable

Population size: 25 000 – 80 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With broad fragmented distribution all over the country with the exception of the higher typically forested areas in the mountains, the altitudinal zones above them and some parts of the Danubian Plain and the Thracian Plain with mainly agricultural lands.

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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 in temperate heath and scrub and sclerophyllous scrub, in highly sparse broad-leaved deciduous forests or on their edges, sometimes in orchards, in tree and shrub plantations, strips of trees, shrubs and patches of them.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed