Red-rumped Swallow

(Hirundo daurica)

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

Population size: 15 000 – 25 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Distributed over the greater part of the territory of the country, more densely in the mountains and some rocky regions in the lower parts (Lomovete, the Fore Balkan, the dry valleys in Dobrudzha, etc.). More dispersed in the Danubian Plain, the Thracian Plain, along the valley of the Tundzha River, the Burgas Plain, etc. To the north reaches the banks of the Danube River without its westernmost parts.

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 on rocks and rock walls (inland), in the entrances of caves. Considerable part of the population builds nests on abandoned buildings, under bridges, bus stops, chapels, bunkers, etc. In the Western Rhodopes and along the valley of the river Struma on a mass scale breeds in towns, villages and industrial zones, building its nests under balconies, concrete eaves and other similar places on houses in both towns and villages. Breeds everywhere in buildings under construction (especially along the Black Sea coast).

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed