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Red-breasted Flycatcher

(Ficedula parva)

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

Population size: 1 000 – 1 500 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy distribution, concentrated mainly in the beech tree belt of Stara Planina (eastward to the Sliven Mountain). With isolated breeding sites also in Rila, Rhodopes, Osogovo Mountains, Belasitsa, Strandzha, etc.

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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 old broad – leaved deciduous forests of Fagus sylvatica in the higher mountainous parts, especially on more wet slopes. Less commonly found in forests of Quercus sp. 

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed