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Family SITTIDAE, nuthatches

Krüper's Nuthatch, Sitta krueperi

This bird has a very restricted distribution, mainly in Turkey and the Caucasus. It inhabits also the Greek island of Lesbos, where its population is apparently stable and estimated at 50-100 breeding pairs.

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Voreio Aigaio

50

100

C

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Corsican Nuthatch, Sitta whiteheadi

This bird is endemic to Corsica, where it inhabits almost exclusively old forests of indigenous conifers. Its population amounts 2.000-3.000 breeding pairs, and seems quite stable. The species remains vulnerable.

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Corse

2000

3000

C

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Family LANIIDAE, shrikes

Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio

wpe18.jpg (28973 bytes) This shrike inhabits the major part of Europe and Western Asia, north to 64°N and east to 90°E, breeding in a wide variety of open habitats with patches of dense, scrubby vegetation. It winters in sub-Saharan Africa. The total population of the European Union amounts to 700000 breeding pairs currently, but since 25 years it is strongly declining in the western parts of its range. The species consequently disappeared from the British Isles, and is on the verge of extinction in Northern Belgium and the Netherlands. Recently this trend has somewhat stabilised, and in several regions a definite increase has been reported. The decline is perhaps partly due to climatic changes (wetter summers), but the main reasons are pesticide use and intensification of agriculture (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

East Anglia

0

1

C

Danmark

1500

3000

C

Nederland

150

220

C

Région Wallonne

550

900

C

Vlaams Gewest

8

12

C

Luxembourg

150

350

C

Baden-Württemberg

10000

15000

C

Bayern

10000

50000

C

Berlin

5

25

Brandenburg

500

1000

C

Bremen

1

10

Hamburg

4

10

C

Hessen

2500

3000

C

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

4000

8000

C

Niedersachsen

1000

5000

Nordrhein-Westfalen

1000

2000

C

Rheinland-Pfaltz

5000

8000

C

Saarland

500

800

C

Sachsen

100

500

C

Sachsen-Anhalt

50

250

C

Schleswig-Holstein

100

1000

C

Thüringen

100

500

C

Alsace

4300

8600

C

Aquitaine

1000

10000

Auvergne

3900

7800

C

Basse-Normandie

30

50

C

Bourgogne

3600

7200

C

Bretagne

100

1000

Centre

2800

5600

C

Champagne-Ardennes

3300

6600

C

Corse

1000

10000

Franche-Comté

2600

5200

C

Haute-Normandie

400

800

C

Ile de France

300

600

C

Languedoc-Roussillon

2800

5600

C

Limousin

2100

4200

C

Lorraine

400

800

C

Midi-Pyrénées

4400

8800

C

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

100

200

C

Pays de la Loire

1300

2600

C

Picardie

200

400

C

Poitou-Charente

3100

6200

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

3500

7000

C

Rhône-Alpes

6200

12400

C

Abruzzi

1500

5000

C

Basilicata

1500

5000

C

Calabria

1500

5000

C

Campania

1500

5000

C

Emilia Romagna

1500

5000

C

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

1500

5000

C

Lazio

1500

5000

C

Liguria

1500

5000

C

Lombardia

1500

5000

C

Marche

1500

5000

C

Molise

1500

5000

C

Piemonte

1500

5000

C

Puglia

1500

5000

C

Sardegna

1500

5000

C

Sicilia

20

C

Toscana

1500

5000

C

Trentino-Alto Adige

1500

5000

C

Umbria

1500

5000

C

Valle d'Aosta

1500

5000

C

Veneto

1500

5000

C

Aragon

20000

50000

C

Asturias

20000

50000

C

Cantabria

20000

50000

C

Castilla y Leon

20000

50000

C

Cataluña

75000

150000

C

Galicia

20000

50000

C

Navarra

50000

100000

C

Pais Vasco

20000

50000

C

Norte

100

200

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

5000

C

Attiki

500

C

Dytiki Ellada

100

500

C

Dytiki Makedonia

5000

C

Ionia nisia

200

C

Ipeiros

50

500

C

Kentriki Makedonia

5000

C

Peloponnisos

100

1000

C

Sterea Ellada

1000

3000

C

Thessalia

5000

C

Voreio Aigaio

500

C

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Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor

wpe19.jpg (25720 bytes) This shrike inhabits Europe and Western Asia, from north-eastern Spain to the Altai mountains. The northern limit of its distribution reach 55°N. It is a species of the steppe, adapted to cultivation with isolated trees, but it depends largely also on warm dry summers. It winters totally in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly in Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. As a passage migrant it is known in Greece. Since the second half of last century it undergoes a dramatic decline throughout Western Europe. It has become extinct in Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany and a large part of France. The population of the European Union is totalling about 2100 breeding pairs, which comprises 2.5% of the total European population, Russia not included. The decline has been attributed to the fact that the climate is becoming more humid in Western Europe and drier in its winter quarters, but the main reasons are intensification of agriculture and increasing use of pesticides (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Bayern

0

1

Languedoc-Roussillon

15

30

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

10

20

C

Abruzzi

60

120

C

Basilicata

60

120

C

Calabria

1

10

Campania

60

120

C

Emilia Romagna

60

120

C

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

30

60

C

Lazio

60

120

C

Liguria

1

2

C

Lombardia

30

C

Marche

60

120

C

Molise

60

120

C

Piemonte

1

5

C

Puglia

60

120

C

Sicilia

20

200

C

Toscana

60

120

C

Umbria

0

5

C

Veneto

30

60

C

Aragon

13

C

Cataluña

35

40

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

500

1000

C

Dytiki Ellada

5

50

C

Dytiki Makedonia

200

500

C

Ionia nisia

10

50

C

Ipeiros

10

100

C

Kentriki Makedonia

500

1000

C

Notio Aigaio

10

20

C

Peloponnisos

10

50

C

Sterea Ellada

50

100

C

Thessalia

100

200

C

Voreio Aigaio

25

100

C

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Family CORVIDAE, crows

Chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

wpe1B.jpg (26980 bytes) This bird has a discontinuous distribution in southern Europe and Central Asia, from Turkey to China. Small populations also inhabit the Canary islands, Morocco and Ethiopia. It is breeding in low-lying mountainous regions and along rocky coasts. The population of the European Union amounts to 14000 breeding pairs, but in most regions it is declining (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Donegal

109

112

C

Mid West

31

34

C

North West

5

10

C

South East

30

50

C

South West

353

362

C

West

80

120

C

Northern Ireland

9

10

C

Scotland

105

C

Wales

139

142

C

Aquitaine

20

40

C

Bretagne

10

50

Languedoc-Roussillon

150

300

C

Midi-Pyrénées

150

300

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

100

200

Rhône-Alpes

100

200

Abruzzi

60

110

C

Campania

60

110

C

Liguria

10

100

C

Marche

60

110

C

Molise

60

110

C

Piemonte

10

100

C

Sardegna

1

10

Sicilia

300

C

Umbria

60

110

C

Valle d'Aosta

10

100

C

Andalucia

1000

2000

C

Aragon

1000

2000

C

Asturias

250

500

C

Canarias

300

400

Cantabria

250

500

C

Castilla la Mancha

2000

3000

C

Castilla y Leon

800

1500

C

Cataluña

500

1000

C

Comunidad Valenciana

250

500

C

Extremadura

1000

2000

C

Galicia

100

300

Madrid

250

500

C

Murcia

500

1000

C

Navarra

1000

2000

C

Pais Vasco

250

500

C

Rioja

500

1000

C

Alentejo

10

100

C

Algarve

555

C

Centro

165

C

Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

20

200

C

Norte

330

C

Dytiki Makedonia

10

C

Ipeiros

50

C

Kriti

20

100

C

Notio Aigaio

50

C

Peloponnisos

100

200

C

Sterea Ellada

25

C

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Family FRINGILLIDAE, finches

Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs ombriosa

This finch inhabits a major part of Europe and northern Asia. It has several island races in the archipelagos of the Balearic and Canary islands. The race ombriosa, endemic to El Hierro in the Canaries, is the most threatened because its population is very small and strictly dependent on native pine (Pinus canariensis) forests (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Canarias

1000

5000

C

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Canary Island Chaffinch, Fringilla teydea

This endemic finch of the Canary islands is strictly dependent on the native pine (Pinus canariensis) forests of Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Its total population is estimated at 1000-1500 breeding pairs, but the species is nearly extinct on Gran Canaria following destruction of its habitat.

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Canarias

1000

1500

C

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Scottish Crossbill, Loxia scotica

This bird is endemic to Scotland where it inhabits old Caledonian pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests. Its population is estimated at 300-1300 breeding pairs. It seems to be stable, but it is vulnerable because old forests are gradually replaced by young plantations and native pin by fast growing exotic species (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Scotland

300

400

C

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Azores Bullfinch, Pyrrhula murina

This bird is endemic to the island Sao Miguel in the Azores, where it habits native forests. Its very small population amounts to about 120 breeding pairs, and seems quite stable (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Acores

100

150

C

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Trumpeter Finch, Bucanetes githagineus

This species inhabits northern Africa, the Near East and the Middle East, from Morocco to India. Being erratic in its distribution it is known from the Canary islands and the arid regions of south-eastern Spain. Its European population is estimated at 4100-5300 breeding pairs. The one of the Canary islands seem stable, but the recently discovered Spanish population is increasing.

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Andalucia

200

300

C

Canarias

4000

5000

C

 

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Family EMBERIZIDAE, buntings

Cretzschmar's Bunting, Emberiza caesia

wpe1C.jpg (24473 bytes) This bunting has a very restricted distribution from the southern Balkan Peninsula to Syria. It inhabits dry, stony hill slopes, covered with short grasslands, open thickets and isolated trees. Its Greek population seems stable, but could be threatened by hunting (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds, Handrinos & Akriotis).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

50

200

C

Attiki

200

C

Dytiki Ellada

500

C

Ionia nisia

100

C

Ipeiros

100

C

Kentriki Makedonia

200

300

C

Kriti

0

100

C

Notio Aigaio

200

C

Peloponnisos

250

C

Sterea Ellada

3000

10000

C

Thessalia

250

C

Voreio Aigaio

500

C

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Cinereous Bunting, Emberiza cineracea

This bunting is nearly entirely restricted to Greece and Turkey. In Greece it only known from the islands Lesbos, Chios and Skyros where it inhabits dry, stony slopes covered with low phrygana. Its European population is estimated at 100-250 breeding pairs, and could be threatened by tourism development (Tucker & Heath).

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Voreio Aigaio

100

500

C

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Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana

wpe1D.jpg (28167 bytes) This bunting inhabits major parts of Europe and western Asia. It winters in sub-Saharan Africa, from Guinea to Ethiopia. The population of the European Union (12 Member States) is estimated at 240000-300000 breeding pairs, 75-80% of which inhabit Spain. It is nevertheless undergoing a strong decline. It has already disappeared from many regions, and its distribution is increasingly fragmented (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Nederland

25

35

S

Région Wallonne

0

2

Vlaams Gewest

0

2

C

Baden-Württemberg

1

C

Bayern

840

890

S

Brandenburg

10

200

C

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

100

500

C

Niedersachsen

200

C

Nordrhein-Westfalen

90

200

C

Rheinland-Pfaltz

0

3

C

Sachsen

10

30

C

Sachsen-Anhalt

10

20

C

Schleswig-Holstein

10

C

Thüringen

10

30

C

Aquitaine

100

300

C

Auvergne

500

1000

C

Bourgogne

10

50

C

Centre

10

C

Franche-Comté

1

5

C

Languedoc-Roussillon

5000

10000

C

Midi-Pyrénées

400

600

C

Poitou-Charente

100

200

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2000

5000

C

Rhône-Alpes

2000

5000

C

Abruzzi

200

400

C

Basilicata

0

10

C

Calabria

200

400

C

Campania

200

400

C

Emilia Romagna

200

400

C

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

200

400

C

Lazio

200

400

C

Liguria

200

400

C

Lombardia

200

400

C

Marche

200

400

C

Molise

0

10

C

Piemonte

200

400

C

Toscana

200

400

C

Trentino-Alto Adige

200

400

C

Umbria

200

400

C

Valle d'Aosta

200

400

C

Veneto

200

400

C

Andalucia

100

1000

Aragon

1000

2000

C

Asturias

200

500

C

Cantabria

100

200

C

Castilla la Mancha

700

1500

C

Castilla y Leon

2000

4000

C

Cataluña

800

1500

C

Comunidad Valenciana

500

1000

C

Extremadura

500

1000

Galicia

500

1000

C

Madrid

300

500

C

Navarra

200

500

C

Pais Vasco

100

200

C

Rioja

100

200

C

Centro

400

4000

C

Norte

600

6000

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

1000

C

Attiki

0

50

C

Dytiki Ellada

50

500

C

Dytiki Makedonia

1000

C

Ionia nisia

50

C

Ipeiros

1000

C

Kentriki Makedonia

1000

C

Kriti

10

200

C

Notio Aigaio

0

50

C

Peloponnisos

100

1000

C

Sterea Ellada

100

1000

C

Thessalia

1000

C

Voreio Aigaio

10

200

C

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Last update : 06/10/06