Bulgaria

What is recorded in Bulgaria

Species

1,613

Grid cells

3,598

Records

202,743

Years covered

1980-2026

• Insects 1,384
• Birds 139
• Mammals 39
• Bony fish 23
• Reptiles 22
• Amphibians 6

These are species with at least one recorded territory in Bulgaria, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.

Most recorded here

The species with the most open occurrence records in Bulgaria, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

7,360 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Pygmy Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus

6,870 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

6,864 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

6,772 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Great Tit

Parus major

6,769 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

6,357 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Syrian Woodpecker

Dendrocopos syriacus

4,633 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

European Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

4,241 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Alpine Swift

Tachymarptis melba

4,123 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

4,020 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Dalmatian Pelican

Pelecanus crispus

3,766 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

European Greenfinch

Chloris chloris

3,217 records