Long-tailed Tit

(Aegithalos caudatus)

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

Population size: 20 000 – 60 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy and dispersed distribution in most of the country, more dense distribution in the low – mountain and fore – mountain areas (Strandzha, Eastern Rhodopes, Eastern Stara Planina, Sredna Gora, Western Frontier Mountains, Southern Pirin, etc.), but also in plains (Ludogorie, Dobrudzha). Avoids the areas with predominance of arable lands (Danubian plain, Thracian Plain, 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 in sparse broad-leaved deciduous forests with dense undergrowth, also in other forest habitats, Sclerophyllous scrub mixed with single or grouped deciduous trees, old or abandoned orchards, tree and shrub plantations, sometimes in strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them, in public parks and gardens rich in woody and bushy vegetation.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed