Key Biodiversity Areas

Western Rhodopes (18985)
Bulgaria, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesErithacus rubeculaEuropean RobinLC2005link-icon
AvesSylvia atricapillaBlackcapLC2005link-icon
AvesTetrao urogallusWestern CapercaillieLC2005link-icon
AvesGlaucidium passerinumEurasian Pygmy-owlLC2005link-icon
AvesDendrocopos leucotosLC2005link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus europaeusEuropean NightjarLC2005link-icon
AvesDryocopus martiusBlack WoodpeckerLC2005link-icon
AvesAegolius funereusBoreal OwlLC2005link-icon
AvesBonasa bonasiaHazel GrouseLC2005link-icon
AvesRegulus regulusLC2005link-icon
AvesPernis apivorusEuropean Honey-buzzardLC2005link-icon
AvesTurdus merulaEurasian BlackbirdLC2005link-icon
AvesFringilla coelebsEurasian ChaffinchLC2005link-icon
AvesTurdus torquatusRing OuzelLC2005link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Western Rhodopes. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 30, 2025.