House Sparrow

(Passer domesticus)

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

Population size: 2 000 000 – 4 000 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With consistent distribution throughout almost the entire territory of the country except for the high parts of the mountains and areas without settlements.

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

Synanthropic species, closely related to humans. Breeds mainly in buildings, concrete poles, street lights and other constructions in towns, villages and industrial zones, including public parks, sometimes in hollows in strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them, orchards, forest edges and even on cliffs and exposed rock, as a rule close to settlements. Outside the settlements nests in single buildings, cavities in bridges, poles and other constructions. Often occupies nests of other species (Delichon urbicum, Merops apiaster, Ciconia sp., Aquila sp., etc.), both inside and outside populated areas.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed