Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

Wren

(Troglodytes troglodytes)

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

Population size: 50 000 – 100 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

Distributed throughout the mountains and most high valleys. Patchy and dispersed breeding grounds in the Danubian plain, the Thracian Plain, the Burgas Plain, 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 in small valleys heavily overgrown with bushes and near streams, brooks or rivers in coniferous forests, broad-leaved deciduous forests, mixed forests, alluvial and riverine forests and brush. It also breeds in older public parks and large gardens, especially in forest type parks with small rivers or streams with dense riverine vegetation, and even in yards with abundant bush and tree vegetation in mountain towns, villages, and industrial areas.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed