Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan (Draft) – Appendices
2004 - 2013
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Appendix № 21
Groups of Birds in the Rila Monastery NP According to the Population Size and
Distribution Patterns in the Park
Groups of Birds by Size of their Portions of the National Populations Represented
in the Park
There are more than 27 species represented in the Park with 1-5% of their national
populations, as follows: wasp eater Pernis apivorus, griffon vulture, black vulture,
short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus, goshawk Accipiter gentiles, sparrow hawk A.
nisus, imperial eagle, golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos and booted eagle, hobby Falco
subbuteo, capercaillie Tetrao urogallus, rock partridge Alectoris graeca, stock dove
Columba oenas, barn owl Tyto alba, middle spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos
medius, alpine accentor Prunella collaris, rock thrush Monticola saxatilis, ring ouzel
Turdus torquatus, crested tit Parus cristatus, nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes,
rock bunting Emberiza cia etc.
More than five species inhabit the park with 6-10% of their national populations in
the Park: peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus, hazel hen Bonasa bonasia, black
woodpecker Dryocopos martius, water pipit Anthus spinoletta, the wall creeper
Tichodroma muraria and others.
More than six species occur in the Park with 11 to 50% of their national populations.
These are pygmy owl Glaucidium passerinum, Tengmalm's owl Aegolius funereus,
white-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordii, three-toed woodpecker
Picoides trydactilus, shore lark Eremophila alpestris balcanica and alpine chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus.
Two main groups of these birds deserve attention. One is the group of species
inhabiting comparatively limited areas but are of high significance for conservation
(black vulture and griffon vulture, short-toed eagle, wasp eater, imperial eagle, golden
eagle and booted eagle, lanner falcon and peregrine falcon). The other group includes
the species occupying habitats of significant size, quality and location in the Park and
whose preservation would bring indirect conservation benefits to other species (hazel
hen, capercaillie, pygmy owl and Tengmalm's owl, black woodpecker, middle spotted
woodpecker, white-backed woodpecker and three-toed woodpecker, wood lark, rock
thrush, red-breasted flycatcher).
Groups of Birds by their Distribution in the Park
More than 43 species have relatively numerous populations and are densely
distributed throughout the Park (throughout the entire respective habitats or altitude
sectors). Typical representatives of this group are the chaffinch, the blackbird, the
nuthatch, the cross-bill, the dipper, and others.
Other 22 species or so are dispersed in significant areas in the Park. Typical here are
the sparrow hawk, the common buzzard, the tawny owl, the black woodpecker and
others.