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Natural park Shoumen Plateau gives good living conditions for many bird spices. The optimum combination of geographic position, temperate climate, out of reach rocks and compound broad-leaved forests, make the park peculiar |
ornithological oasis. More than 72 bird spices are find out to live in the region of Shoumen Plateau. Streams of birds in destination South- North could be seen in spring. These birds are mainly of spices buzzard - B.Buteo, B.Tufinus, Hieraetus penatus etc. �Annual ornithological researches register new for the park spices like black stork, missel / Turdus viscivorous/, wagtail / Moteilla / etc. |
Turdus
viscivorus & Motacilla ci�erea
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It is prohibited in the park to: - Persecute, kill or hunt any kind of birds. - Collect and destroy eggs or nests. Redchest is amongst the most tender singers in the park. |
Erithacus r�b���t�
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Most of all wide spread are songbirds /Passerifortes/ - 48 spices. |
Fri��illa coelebs & Turdus ��r�l�
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Fringilla coeleps and blackbird /Turdus merala/ are met more often than other birds.You can�t see them but their melodious and strong songs could be heard from daybreak till twilight. |
Ficedula semitorquata
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Muscicapide albicolis is among the rarest birds in Europe. You can observe this bird during spring and summer in Bukaka reserve.
There are 7 representatives of Picifortes : big wood-pie, middle sized wood-pie, small wood-pie. Green , grey, black and Syrian woodpecker. |
Drycopus martius
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The black woodpecker could be seen in a few places only in North Bulgaria � one of this places is the park Shoumen Plateau. The big wood-pie is the most frequently met woodpecker.You can observe it all over the year. |
Dendrocopus major
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You can observe also some rapacious birds /Falconifortes/ such as: big hawk /Accipiter/, Buteo Buteo, Buteo Tufinus, Hieraetus pennatus Etc. Buteo Tufinus is a striking example for penetration of south elements in our ornithofauna. |
Accipiter �e�tilis & Buteo rufi�us
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There are 6 bird spices in the park which are registered in The Red Book of Bulgaria � 5 of them are threatened with extinction: black stork, big hawk, Buteo Tufinus,small hawk and owl /Strix bubo/.The black woodpecker is in the category of rare birds. |
Ciconia ni�ra & Bubo bubo
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