Appendix 1. Bird Species Found in Bulgaria (up to 1 January 1993) and their Conservation Status
Key to Appendix 1: Conservation status: "+" in the column indicates the species is protected under Bulgarian law Fine for Taking: indicates the legal fine assessed for taking each individual - shown in Bulgarian leva Species listed in Bulgarian Red Data Book: indicates the species is designated at extinct, threatened or rare European Red List Status: indicates that the species is listed in the European Red List of Globally Threatened Species under the following categories;
Ex - Extinct
E - Endangered
V - Vulnerable
R - Rare
K - Insufficiently known
Species Name Conservation Status Fine for Taking (in leva) Species listed in Bulgarian Red Data Book European Red List Status extinct threatened rare 1. Gavia stellata + 75 2. G. Arctica + 150 + 3. G. Immer + 75 4. Tachybaptus ruficollis + 75 5. Podiceps grisegena + 150 + 6. P. Cristatus + 75 + 7. P. Auritus + 75 8. P. Nigricollis + 75 + 9. Calonectris diomedea + 75 10. Puffinus puffinus + 75 11. Hydrobates pelagicus 12. Morus bassanus + 75 13. Pelecanus onocrotalus + 300 + 14. P. Crispus + 600 + E 15. Phalacrocorax carbo + 150 + 16. Ph. Aristotelis + 150 + 17. Halietor pygmeus + 150 + K 18. Botaurus stellaris + 150 + 19. Ixobrychus minutus + 75 20. Nycticorax nycticorax + 75 21. Ardeola ralloides + 75 22. Bubulcus ibis + 75 23. Egretta garzetta + 150 24. E. Alba + 300 + 25. Adrea purpurea + 75 + 26. A. Cinerea + 75 27. Ciconia nigra + 150 + 28. C. Ciconia + 150 29. Plegadis falcinellus + 150 + 30. Platalea leucordia + 300 + 31. Phoenicopteris ruber + 150 + 32. Cygnus olor + 150 + 33. C. Cygnus + 150 34. C. Columbianus + 150 35. Anser fabalis + 150 36. Anser albifrons - - 37. A. Erythropus + 150 + R 38. A. Anser + 150 + 39. A. Caerulescens + 150 40. Branta canadensis 41. Br. bernicla 42. Br. ruficollis + 300 + 43. Tadorna ferruginea + 300 + 44. T. Tadorna + 150 + 45. Aix galericulata 46. Anas penelope - - 47. A. Falcata + 75 48. A. Strepera + 150 49. A. crecca - - 50. A. platyrhynchos - - 51. A. acuta - - 52. A. querquedula - - 53. A. clypeata - - 54. Marmaronetta angustirostris + 75 + 55. Netta rufina + 150 + 56. Aythya nyroca + 150 + 57. A. Ferina + 150 + 58. A. Fuligula - - 59. A. Marila + 75 60. Somateria mollissima + 75 + 61. Clangula hyemalis + 62. Melanitta nigra + 75 63. M. Fusca + 75 64. Bucephala clangula - - 65. Mergus cucullatus 66. M. Albellus + 75 67. M. Serrator + 75 68. M. Merganser + 75 69. Oxyura leucocephala + 150 + 70. Pandion haliaetus + 300 + 71. Pernis apivorus + 150 + 72. Elanus caeruleus + 150 73. Milvus migrans + 150 + 74. M. Milvus + 150 + 75. Haliaeetus albicilla + 600 + R 76. Neophron percnopterus + 300 + 77. Gypaetus barbatus + 600 + 78. Gyps fulvus + 600 + 79. Aegypius monachus + 600 + V 80. Circaetus gallicus + 300 + 81. Circus aeruginosus + 150 + 82. C. Cyaneus + 75 + 83. C. Macrourus + 75 + 84. C. Pygargus + 75 + 85. Accipiter gentilis + 150 + 86. A. Nisus + 150 + 87. A. Brevipes + 150 + 88. Buteo buteo + 75 89. B. Lagopus + 75 90. B. Rufinus + 300 + 91. Aquila pomarina + 300 + 92. A. Clanga + 300 + 93. A. Rapax + 300 + 94. A. Heliaca + 600 + R 95. A. Chrysaetos + 300 + 96. Hieraaetus fasciatus + 300 + 97. H. Pennatus + 300 + 98. Falco naumanni + 75 + K 99. F. Tinnunculus + 75 100. F. vespertinus + 75 + 101. F. columbarius + 75 102. F. subbuteo + 150 + 103. F. eleonorae + 150 104. F. biarmicus 105. F. cherrug + 300 + 106. F.peregrinus + 300 + 107. Tetrao tetrix - - +
108. T. urogallus - - + 109. Bonasa bonasia + 150 + 110. Alectoris graeca - - 111. A. chukar - - 112. Perdix perdix - - 113. Coturnix coturnix - - 114. Phasianus colchicus - - + 115. Grus grus + 300 + 116. Anthropoides virgo + 600 + 117. Rallus aquaticus + 75 118. Crex crex + 150 + 119. Porzana parva + 75 120. P. pusilla + 75 121. P. porzana + 75 122. Gallinula chloropus + 50 123. Fulica atra - - 124. Tetrax tetrax + 300 + R 125. Otis tarda + 300 + R 126. Haematopus ostralegus + 150 + 127. Himantopus himantopus + 150 + 128. Recurvirostra avosetta + 75 + 129. Burhinus oedicnemus + 75 + 130. Glareola pratincola + 75 + 131. Gl. nordmanni + 75 132. Vanellus vanellus + 75 133. V. spinosus + 50 134. V. gregarius 135. Pluvialis apricaria + 75 136. Pl. squatarola + 75 137. Charadrius hiaticula + 75 138. Ch. dubius + 75 139. Ch. alexandrinus + 75 + 140. Ch. leschanaulti 141. Eudromias morinellus + 75 142. Limosa limosa + 50 143. L. lapponica + 75 144. Numenius phaeopus + 75 145. N. tenuirostris + 75 K 146. N. arquata + 75 147. Tringa erythropus + 75 148. Tr. totanus + 150 + 149. Tr. stagnatilis + 150 + 150. Tr. nebularia + 75 + 151. Tr. ochropus + 150 + 152. Tr. glareola + 50 153. Xenus cinereus 154. Actitis hypoleucos + 75 155. A. macularia 156. Arenaria interpres + 50 157. Phalaropus lobatus + 75 158. Ph. fulicarius + 75 159. Scolopax rusticola - - + 160. Gallinago meida + 300 + 161. G. gallinago - - + 162. Lymnocriptes minima + 75 163. Calidris cannutus + 50 164. C. alba + 50 165. C. minuta + 50 166. C. temminckii + 50 167. C. alpina + 50 168. C. ferruginea + 50 169. Limicola falcinellus + 75 170. Philomachus pugnax + 75 171. Catharacta skua 172. Stercorarius pomarinus + 75 173. St. parasiticus + 75 174. Larus delawarensis - - 175. L. canus + 75 176. L. argentatus - - 177. L. fuscus + 75 178. L. marinus + 75 179. L. ichtyaetus - - 180. L. melanocephalus + 75 + 181. L. ridibundus + 75 + 182. L. genei + 75 + 183. L. minutus + 75 184. Rissa tridactyla + 75 185. Xema sabini 186. Chlidonias hybrida + 75 + 187. Chl. leucoptera + 75 188. Chl. nigra + 75 + 189. Gelochelidon nilotica + 300 + 190. Hydroprogne caspia + 150 + 191. Sterna hirundo + 75 193. St. albifrons + 75 + 194. Thalasseus sandvicensis + 75 195. Uria aalge - - 196. Syrrhaptes paradoxus + 50 197. Columba livia + 75 198. C. oenas + 50 + 199. C. Palumbus - - 200. Streptopelia turtur - - 201. Str. decaocto - - 202. Str. roseogrisea 203. Clamator glandarius + 75 204. Cuculus canorus + 75 205. Tyto alba + 150 + 206. Otus scops + 75 + 207. Bubo bubo + 150 + 208. Glaucidium passerinum + 150 209. Athene noctua + 75 210. Strix aluco + 75 211. Str. uralensis + 300 + 212. Asio otus + 75 213. A. Flammeus +
75 + 214. Aegolius funereus + 150 + 215. Caprimulgus europaeus + 75 216. Apus melba +
75 217. A. Pallidus - - 218. A. Apus + 25 219. Alcedo atthis + 50 220. Merops apiaster + 50 221. Coracias garrulus + 50 222. Upupa epops + 75 223. Jynx torquilla + 25 224. Picoides minor + 50 225. P. Leucotos + 75 + 227. P. syriacus + 25 228. P. major + 25 229. P. tridactylus + 150 + 230. Dryocopus martius + 75 + 231. Picus canus + 25 232. P. viridis + 25 233. Melanocorypha calandra + 25 234. M. leucoptera + 5 235. M. yeltoniensis 235. M. yeltoniensis + 5 237. C. rufescens + 5 238. Galerida cristata + 5 239. Lullula arborea + 5 240. Alauda arvensis + 5 241. Eremophilla alpestris + 25 242. Riparia riparia + 5 243. Hirunda repestris + 5 244. H. rustica + 5 245. H. daurica + 25 246. Delichon urbica + 5 247. Motacilla flava + 5 248. M. citreola 249. M. cinerea + 5 250. M. alba + 5 251. Anthus novaeseelandiae 252. A. campestris + 25 253. A. pratensis + 25 254. A. trivialis + 25 255. A. cervinus + 25 256. A. spinoletta + 25 257. Lanius collurio + 25 258. L. minor + 25 259. L. excubitor + 25 260. L. Senator + 5 261. L. Nubicus + 25 262. Bombycilla garrulus + 25 263. Cinclus cinclus + 25 264. Troglodytes troglodytes + 5 265. Prunella collaris + 5 266. Pr. modularis + 5 267. Erythropygia galactotes + 25 268. Erithacus rubecula + 5 269. E. Luscinia + 5 270. E. megarhynchos + 5 271. E. Svecicus + 25 272. Phoenicurus ochrurus + 5 273. Ph. phoenicurus + 5 274. Saxicola rubetra + 5 275. S. Torquata + 5 276. Oenanthe isabelina + 25 277. O. oenanthe + 5 278. O. hispanica + 25 279. O. pleschanka + 25 280. O. Leucura + 5 281. Monticola saxatilis + 50 282. M. solitarius + 50 283. Zoothera dauma 284. Turdus torquatus + 25 285. T. merula + 5 286. T. Ruficollis + 25 287. T. Pilaris + 25 288. T. Iliacus + 25 289. T. Philomelos + 25 290. T. Viscivorus + 25 291. Panurus biarmicus + 50 292. Cettia cetti + 5 293. Locustella lisciniodes + 25 294. L. fluviatilis + 25 295. L. naevia + 5 296. Acrocephalus paludicola + 5 K 297. A. schoenabenus + 5 298. A. agricola + 25 299. A. scirpaceus + 5 300. A. palustris + 5 301. A. melanopogon + 5 302. A. arundinaceus + 25 303. Hippolais icterina + 25 304. H. olivetorum + 5 305. H. pallida + 5 306. Sylvia nisoria + 5 307. S. hortensis + 25 308. S. borin + 5 309. S. atricapilla + 5 310. S. communis + 5 311. S. curruca + 5 312. S. melanocephala + 25 313. S. cantillans + 5 314. Phylloscopus trochilus + 5 315. Ph. collybitus + 5 316. Ph. bonelli + 5 317. Ph. sibilathrix + 5 318. Ph. borealis 319. Ph. trochiloides 320. Regulus regulus + 5 321. R. ignicapillus + 5 322. Cisticola juncidis - - 323. Ficedula hypoleuca + 5 324. F. albicollis + 5 325. F. parva + 5 326. Muscicapa striata + 5 327. Aegithalos caudatus + 5 328. Remiz pendulinus + 50 329. Parus palustris + 5 330. P. lugubris + 5 331. P. montanus + 5 332. P. ater + 5 333. P. cristatus + 5 334. P. major + 5 335. P. caeruleus + 5 336. Sitta europaea + 25 337. S. neumayer + 25 338. Tichodroma muraria + 25 339. Certhia familaris + 5 340. C. brachydactyla + 5 341. Emberiza calandra + 5 342. E. citrinella + 5 343. E. leucocephala 344. E. cia + 5 345. E. hortulana + 5 346. E. cirlus + 5 347. E. pusilla + 5 348. E. rustica + 5 349. E. melanocephala + 5 350. E. schoeniclus + 5 351. Calcarius lapponicus + 5 352. Plectophenax nivalis + 5 353. Fringilla coelebs + 5 354. Fr. montifringilla + 5 355. Serinus serinus + 5 356. Carduelis chloris + 5 357. C. spinus + 5 358. C. carduelis + 5 359. Acanthis flavirostris + 5 360. A. flammea + 5 361. A. cannabina + 5 362. Rhodopechys obsoleta 363. Carpodacus erythrinus + 5 364. Loxia curvirostra + 5 365. L. Leucoptera 366. Pyrrhula pyrrhula + 5 367. Coccothraustes coccothraustes + 5 368. Passer domesticus - - 369. P. Hispaniolensis + 25 370. P. montanus - - 371. Petronia petronia + 50 372. Montifringilla nivalis 373. Sturnus roseus + 25 374. St. vulgaris - - 375. Oriolus oriolus + 25 376. Garrulus glandarius - - 377. Pica pica - - 378. Nucifraga caryocatactes + 25 379. Pyrrhocorax graculus + 50 380. Corvus monedula - - 381. C. Frugilegus - - 382. C. corone - - 383. C. corax + 75 Several additional species (Grus leucogeranus, Haliaeetus leucoryphus, Phoenicurus erythrogaster, and Oenanthe deserti) have been reported for the Bulgarian ornithofauna (Nankinov, 1992). Because these reports need confirmation, we have not included these species in the above list. Bibliography
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