Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Hawfinch

 (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

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

Population size: 50 000 – 150 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy and dispersed distribution in most of the country, with the following exceptions: the higher parts of mountains covered with coniferous forests and in the plains, predominantly agricultural regions with scarce tree vegetation.

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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 mainly in deciduous forests (especially sparse forests of Quercus sp. and Carpinus sp.), alluvial and riverine forests and brush, but also in mixed forests, tree and shrub plantations, in public parks and other places with tree vegetation in unpopulated areas, in sclerophyllous scrub with single or groups of trees, strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them between arable lands, shelter belts, etc.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed