Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Northern Goshawk

(Accipiter gentilis)

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

Population size: 800 – 1 200 pairs

Distribution pattern

Widely distributed with dispersed isolated breeding habitats, more grouped mainly in the forested mountainous and semi-mountainous regions, as well as in the hilly plains. The species is absent from some lowland regions with wide arable lands owing to the lack of suitable forest habitats.

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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 broad-leaved deciduous forests, mixed forests and coniferous forests (rarely in alluvial and riverine forests and brush), most often with large clearings. After 1990 also found to breed in larger public parks and gardens of forest type, mainly in mountains and fore–mountains.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed