Wood Warbler

(Phylloscopus sibilatrix)

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

Population size: 10 000 – 20 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy and dispersed distribution, more dense in the broad – leaved tree belt (and especially in the beech woods) of Stara Planina, Sredna Gora and Strandzha, as well as in the forests in the plains in Ludogorie and Dobrudzha. More dispersed in the remaining high mountains and in the plains (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 exclusively in broad – leaved deciduous forests, giving preference to high-stemmed beech forests of Fagus sylvatica and F. orientalis, and less frequently in old forests of Quercus sp., Fraxinus sp., etc.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed