Birds of Bulgaria coded for abundance, breeding, migration, wintering, endemic, rare, etc.; 2000 pages on birds, nature, birdwatching, where to go birding, birds and nature pictures, nature conservation, equipment, bird feeding, etc. Welcome to the bird list of Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is home to an impressive number of species of birds that vary from residents, that stay all year around, to breeding birds, that spend a good part of the growing season in Bulgaria to raise their young, migrants who pass through Bulgaria with the seasons, to wintering birds who like to spend a good part of the winter in Bulgaria to escape colder conditions up north. While many species of birds are relatively common as they are part of the ecosystems of the state, it is always a thrill to stumble upon a rare bird or vagrant, that does not really form part of any the Bulgaria ecosystems. Maybe it got lost during its travels between its summer and winter residence or it got displaced by bad weather.
Among the species of the checklist of the birds of Bulgaria you can find waterfowl and wading birds, a large suite of song birds, raptors, game birds, swifts and nighthawks, etc., many of which occupy several ecosystems simultaneously, as they fly to and from forests, meadows, shorelines of waters, cities and and urban green spaces. At Birdlist, we have developed a coding system that can help you predict when you may expect a certain species, with a code for seasonality, such as resident, nesting, wintering, etc. A code for abundance will give you a clue on the likelihood that you may actually see a certain species of bird. As we progressed with the coding, we realized that there should be a differentiation in the coding for "common", such as less common, common and very common birds. However, this would require reliable quantative data, which for most states, are not revealed by the commission of bird records. We hope to provide those in the future. In the meantime, enjoy the current checklist of the birds of Bulgaria.
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Abundance Codes |
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D |
Distribution range deducted from map, not actual record. |
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P |
Present, abundance not determined. |
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C |
Within its range, varying from common to occasional |
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O |
Rare, wandered outside of its normal range but still may be expected from time to time. Normally between 10 - 100 records. |
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V |
Vagrant, accidental, species far out of its normal distribution range. >10 observations. |
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I |
Introduced species. |
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Q |
Not verified. |
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X |
Extinct. |
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XL |
Extinct in country |
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Status of Permanence Codes |
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R |
Resident, present year around. |
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N |
Nests in the area but absent during part of the year. |
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M |
Migrant, non-breeding. May spend a short period or the entire winter. |
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W |
Wintering; stays in the area, while its primary nesting range is elsewhere. |
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E |
National endemic. |
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* |
National bird. |
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| XX | Species full name | Birds | BG |
| Alectoris graeca | Rock Partridge | D | |
| Bonasa bonasia | Hazel Grouse | D | |
| Coturnix coturnix | Common Quail | D | |
| Perdix perdix | Grey Partridge | D | |
| Phasianus colchicus | Common Pheasant | D | |
| Tetrao urogallus | Western Capercaillie | D | |
| Anas acuta | Northern Pintail | D | |
| Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler | D | |
| Anas crecca | Common Teal | D | |
| Anas penelope | Eurasian Wigeon | D | |
| Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard | D | |
| Anas querquedula | Garganey | D | |
| Anas strepera | Gadwall | D | |
| Anser albifrons | Greater White-fronted Goose | D | |
| Anser anser | Greylag Goose | D | |
| Anser erythropus | Lesser White-fronted Goose | D | |
| Anser fabalis | Bean Goose | D | |
| Aythya affinis | Lesser Scaup | D | |
| Aythya ferina | Common Pochard | D | |
| Aythya fuligula | Tufted Duck | D | |
| Aythya marila | Greater Scaup | D | |
| Aythya nyroca | Ferruginous Pochard | D | |
| Branta ruficollis | Red-breasted Goose | D | |
| Bucephala clangula | Common Goldeneye | D | |
| Cygnus cygnus | Whooper Swan | D | |
| Cygnus olor | Mute Swan | D | |
| Mergellus albellus | Smew | D | |
| Netta rufina | Red-crested Pochard | D | |
| Oxyura leucocephala | White-headed Duck | D | |
| Tadorna ferruginea@ | Ruddy Shelduck | D | |
| Tadorna tadorna | Common Shelduck | D | |
| Dendrocopos leucotos | White-backed Woodpecker | D | |
| Dendrocopos major | Great Spotted Woodpecker | D | |
| Dendrocopos medius | Middle Spotted Woodpecker | D | |
| Dendrocopos minor | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | D | |
| Dendrocopos syriacus | Syrian Woodpecker | D | |
| Dryocopus martius | Black Woodpecker | D | |
| Jynx torquilla | Eurasian Wryneck | D | |
| Picoides tridactylus | Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | D | |
| Picus canus | Grey-faced Woodpecker | D | |
| Picus viridis | Eurasian Green Woodpecker | D | |
| Upupa epops | Eurasian Hoopoe | D | |
| Coracias garrulus | European Roller | D | |
| Alcedo atthis | Common Kingfisher | D | |
| Merops apiaster | European Bee-eater | D | |
| Cuculus canorus | Common Cuckoo | D | |
| Apus apus | Common Swift | D | |
| Tachymarptis melba | Alpine Swift | D | |
| Tyto alba | Barn Owl | D | |
| Aegolius funereus | Boreal Owl | D | |
| Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | D | |
| Asio otus | Long-eared Owl | D | |
| Athene noctua | Little Owl | D | |
| Bubo bubo | Eurasian Eagle-Owl | D | |
| Glaucidium passerinum | Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | D | |
| Otus scops | Common Scops-Owl | D | |
| Strix aluco | Tawny Owl | D | |
| Caprimulgus europaeus | Eurasian Nightjar | D | |
| Columba livia | Rock Dove | D | |
| Columba oenas | Stock Pigeon | D | |
| Columba palumbus | Common Wood-Pigeon | D | |
| Streptopelia decaocto | Eurasian Collared-Dove | D | |
| Streptopelia turtur | European Turtle-Dove | D | |
| Otis tarda | Great Bustard | D | |
| Crex crex | Corn Crake | D | |
| Fulica atra | Common Coot | D | |
| Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | D | |
| Porzana parva | Little Crake | D | |
| Porzana porzana | Spotted Crake | D | |
| Porzana pusilla | Baillon's Crake | D | |
| Rallus aquaticus | Water Rail | D | |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper | D | |
| Calidris alba | Sanderling | D | |
| Calidris alpina | Dunlin | D | |
| Gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe | D | |
| Numenius arquata | Eurasian Curlew | D | |
| Scolopax rusticola | Eurasian Woodcock | D | |
| Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper | D | |
| Tringa totanus | Common Redshank | D | |
| Burhinus oedicnemus | Eurasian Thick-knee | D | |
| Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover | D | |
| Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover | D | |
| Eudromias morinellus | Eurasian Dotterel | D | |
| Haematopus ostralegus | Eurasian Oystercatcher | D | |
| Pluvialis apricaria | European Golden-Plover | D | |
| Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover | D | |
| Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied Avocet | D | |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Lapwing | D | |
| Vanellus vanellus | Northern Lapwing | D | |
| Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole | D | |
| Chlidonias hybridus | Whiskered Tern | D | |
| Chlidonias niger | Black Tern | D | |
| Larus cachinnans | Yellow-legged Gull | D | |
| Larus canus | Common Gull | D | |
| Larus minutus | Little Gull | D | |
| Larus ridibundus | Black-headed Gull | D | |
| Sterna albifrons | Little Tern | D | |
| Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | D | |
| Sterna nilotica | Gull-billed Tern | D | |
| Sterna sandvicensis | Sandwich Tern | D | |
| Accipiter brevipes | Levant Sparrowhawk | D | |
| Accipiter gentilis @488 | Northern Goshawk | D | |
| Accipiter nisus | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | D | |
| Aegypius monachus | Cinereous Vulture | D | |
| Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | D | |
| Aquila clanga | Greater Spotted Eagle | D | |
| Aquila heliaca | Imperial Eagle | D | |
| Aquila pomarina | Lesser Spotted Eagle | D | |
| Buteo buteo | Common Buzzard | D | |
| Buteo lagopus | Rough-legged Hawk | D | |
| Buteo rufinus | Long-legged Buzzard | D | |
| Circaetus gallicus | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | D | |
| Circus aeruginosus | Western Marsh-Harrier | D | |
| Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier | D | |
| Circus macrourus | Pallid Harrier | D | |
| Gypaetus barbatus | Lammergeier | D | |
| Gyps fulvus | Eurasian Griffon | D | |
| Haliaeetus albicilla | White-tailed Eagle | D | |
| Hieraaetus fasciatus | Bonelli's Eagle | D | |
| Hieraaetus pennatus | Booted Eagle | D | |
| Milvus migrans | Black Kite | D | |
| Milvus milvus | Red Kite | D | |
| Neophron percnopterus | Egyptian Vulture | D | |
| Pernis apivorus | European Honey-buzzard | D | |
| Falco biarmicus | Lanner Falcon | D | |
| Falco cherrug | Saker Falcon | D | |
| Falco columbarius | Merlin | D | |
| Falco naumanni | Lesser Kestrel | D | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | D | |
| Falco subbuteo | Eurasian Hobby | D | |
| Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | D | |
| Podiceps cristatus | Great Crested Grebe | D | |
| Podiceps grisegena | Red-necked Grebe | D | |
| Podiceps nigricollis | Black-necked Grebe | D | |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little Grebe | D | |
| Phalacrocorax aristotelis | European Shag | D | |
| Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant | D | |
| Phalacrocorax pygmeus | Pygmy Cormorant | D | |
| Ardea alba | Great Egret | D | |
| Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron | D | |
| Ardea purpurea | Purple Heron | D | |
| Ardeola ralloides | Squacco Heron | D | |
| Botaurus stellaris | Great Bittern | D | |
| Egretta garzetta @535 | Little Egret | D | |
| Ixobrychus minutus | Little Bittern | D | |
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night-Heron | D | |
| Platalea leucorodia | Eurasian Spoonbill | D | |
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | D | |
| Pelecanus crispus | Dalmatian Pelican | D | |
| Pelecanus onocrotalus | Great White Pelican | D | |
| Ciconia ciconia | White Stork | D | |
| Ciconia nigra | Black Stork | D | |
| Gavia arctica | Arctic Loon | D | |
| Gavia stellata | Red-throated Loon | D | |
| Puffinus yelkouan | Mediterranean Shearwater | D | |
| Lanius collurio | Red-backed Shrike | D | |
| Lanius excubitor | Northern Shrike | D | |
| Lanius minor | Lesser Grey Shrike | D | |
| Lanius senator | Woodchat Shrike | D | |
| Corvus corax | Common Raven | D | |
| Corvus frugilegus | Rook | D | |
| Corvus monedula | Eurasian Jackdaw | D | |
| Garrulus glandarius | Eurasian Jay | D | |
| Nucifraga caryocatactes | Spotted Nutcracker | D | |
| Oriolus oriolus | Eurasian Golden-Oriole | D | |
| Pica pica | Black-billed Magpie | D | |
| Cinclus cinclus | White-throated Dipper | D | |
| Cercotrichas galactotes | Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | D | |
| Erithacus rubecula | European Robin | D | |
| Ficedula parva | Red-breasted Flycatcher | D | |
| Ficedula semitorquata | Semicollared Flycatcher | D | |
| Luscinia megarhynchos | Common Nightingale | D | |
| Monticola saxatilis | Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | D | |
| Monticola solitarius | Blue Rock-Thrush | D | |
| Muscicapa striata | Spotted Flycatcher | D | |
| Oenanthe hispanica | Black-eared Wheatear | D | |
| Oenanthe isabellina | Isabelline Wheatear | D | |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear | D | |
| Phoenicurus ochruros | Black Redstart | D | |
| Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Common Redstart | D | |
| Saxicola rubetra | Whinchat | D | |
| Saxicola torquata | Common Stonechat | D | |
| Turdus iliacus | Redwing | D | |
| Turdus merula | Eurasian Blackbird | D | |
| Turdus philomelos | Song Thrush | D | |
| Turdus pilaris | Fieldfare | D | |
| Turdus torquatus | Ring Ouzel | D | |
| Turdus viscivorus | Mistle Thrush | D | |
| Sturnus vulgaris | Common Starling | D | |
| Sitta europaea | Wood Nuthatch | D | |
| Certhia brachydactyla | Short-toed Tree-Creeper | D | |
| Certhia familiaris | Eurasian Tree-Creeper | D | |
| Troglodytes troglodytes | Winter Wren | D | |
| Cyanistes caeruleus | European Blue Tit | D | |
| Lophophanes cristatus | Crested Tit | D | |
| Parus major | Great Tit | D | |
| Periparus ater | Coal Tit | D | |
| Poecile lugubris | Sombre Tit | D | |
| Poecile montanus | Willow Tit | D | |
| Poecile palustris | Marsh Tit | D | |
| Remiz pendulinus | Eurasian Penduline-Tit | D | |
| Aegithalos caudatus | Long-tailed Tit | D | |
| Delichon urbica | Northern House-Martin | D | |
| Hirundo daurica | Red-rumped Swallow | D | |
| Hirundo rupestris | Eurasian Crag-Martin | D | |
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | D | |
| Riparia riparia | Sand Martin | D | |
| Regulus ignicapillus | Firecrest | D | |
| Regulus regulus | Goldcrest | D | |
| Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Great Reed-Warbler | D | |
| Acrocephalus melanopogon | Moustached Warbler | D | |
| Acrocephalus palustris | Marsh Warbler | D | |
| Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Sedge Warbler | D | |
| Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Eurasian Reed-Warbler | D | |
| Cettia cetti | Cetti's Warbler | D | |
| Hippolais icterina | Icterine Warbler | D | |
| Hippolais pallida | Olivaceous Warbler | D | |
| Locustella luscinioides | Savi's Warbler | D | |
| Panurus biarmicus | Bearded Parrotbill | D | |
| Phylloscopus collybita | Eurasian Chiffchaff | D | |
| Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Wood Warbler | D | |
| Sylvia atricapilla | Blackcap | D | |
| Sylvia borin | Garden Warbler | D | |
| Sylvia communis | Greater Whitethroat | D | |
| Sylvia curruca | Lesser Whitethroat | D | |
| Sylvia nisoria | Barred Warbler | D | |
| Alauda arvensis | Sky Lark | D | |
| Calandrella brachydactyla | Greater Short-toed Lark | D | |
| Eremophila alpestris | Horned Lark | D | |
| Galerida cristata | Crested Lark | D | |
| Lullula arborea | Wood Lark | D | |
| Melanocorypha calandra | Calandra Lark | D | |
| Anthus campestris | Tawny Pipit | D | |
| Anthus pratensis | Meadow Pipit | D | |
| Anthus spinoletta | Water Pipit | D | |
| Anthus trivialis | Tree Pipit | D | |
| Motacilla alba | White Wagtail | D | |
| Motacilla cinerea | Grey Wagtail | D | |
| Motacilla flava | Yellow Wagtail | D | |
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | D | |
| Passer montanus | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | D | |
| Prunella collaris | Alpine Accentor | D | |
| Prunella modularis | Hedge Accentor | D | |
| Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Hawfinch | D | |
| Fringilla coelebs | Chaffinch | D | |
| Fringilla montifringilla | Brambling | D |
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