Birds in Europe – Thrushes, robins and chats Country Breeding pop. size (pairs) Year(s) Trend Mag.% References Erithacus rubecula Albania 10,000 – 20,000 02 (0) (0–19) EUROPEAN ROBIN Andorra (700 – 1,000) 99–01 (+) (0–19) 1,3 Armenia 3300 – 5,000 99–02 0 0–19 E Austria (700,000 – 1,400,000) 98–02 (0) (0–19) Non-SPEC (1994: 4) Status Secure Azerbaijan (50,000 – 100,000) 96–00 (0) (0–19) Criteria — Belarus 1,200,000 – 1,500,000 97–02 0 0–19 European IUCN Red List Category — Belgium 100,000 – 250,000 01–02 (0) (0–19) 1 Criteria — Bosnia & HG (50,000 – 100,000) 90–00 (0) (0–19) Bulgaria 1,500,000 – 3,500,000 96–02 0 0–9 Global IUCN Red List Category — Croatia (500,000 – 1,000,000) 02 (–) (20–29) 16 Criteria — Czech Rep. 600,000 – 1,200,000 00 0 0–19 Denmark 200,000 – 300,000 00 F 50–79 12 Faroe Is. 0 – 2 92–93 (0) (0–19) Erithacus rubecula is a widespread breeder across most of Europe, which constitutes Estonia 250,000 – 500,000 98 0 0–19 1 >75% of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is extremely Finland 1,200,000 – 3,300,000 98–02 +65 France (3,000,000 – 15,000,000) 98–02 +684,3 large (>43,000,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970–1990. Although the species Georgia Present 03 ? – declined in Sweden during 1990–2000, these losses were compensated for by increases Germany 2,500,000 – 4,000,000 95–99 0 0–19 Greece (50,000 – 100,000) 95–00 (0) (0–19) in the sizeable populations in France and the United Kingdom, and the species Hungary 255,000 – 400,000 99–02 0 0–19 19 underwent a small increase overall. Consequently, it is evaluated as Secure. Rep. Ireland 1,000,000 – 2,500,000 88–91 0 0–19 Italy (1,000,000 – 3,000,000) 03 (0) (0–19) Latvia 700,000 – 1,000,000 90–00 (0) (0–19) 23,18 Liechtenstein (1,000 – 2,500) 98–00 (0) (0–19) Lithuania (800,000 – 1,500,000) 99–01 (0) (0–19) 20 No. of pairs ≤ Luxembourg 15,000 – 20,000 02 0 0–19 525,000 Macedonia (300,000 – 700,000) 90–00 (0) (0–19) ≤ 1,600,000 Malta 1 – 2 90–02 + 0–19 1 Moldova 32,000 – 38,000 90–00 0 0–19 ≤ 3,600,000 Netherlands 350,000 – 450,000 98–00 +331 Norway (500,000 – 1,500,000) 90–02 (0) (0–19) ≤ Poland 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 00–02 0 0–19 23 13,000,000 Portugal (50,000 – 500,000) 02 (0) (0–19) Azores Present 02 ? – Present Madeira Present 02 ? – Extinct Romania 1,854,000 – 2,670,000 00–02 0 0–19 48 Erithacus Russia 10,000,000 – 15,000,000 90–00 (0) (0–19) 122 rubecula Serbia & MN 600,000 – 800,000 90–02 0 0–19 1,29,155,172a, 67a,78,225,227 Slovakia 500,000 – 1,000,000 90–99 0 0–19 Slovenia 700,000 – 1,000,000 00 (0) (0–19) Spain (1,200,000 – 3,000,000) 92 ? – 10,13 Canary Is. (2,500 – 10,000) 97–03 ? – 28,25 Sweden 2,500,000 – 5,000,000 99–00 –20 Switzerland 450,000 – 600,000 93–96 0 0–19 Turkey (100,000 – 400,000) 01 (0) (0–19) Ukraine 1,650,000 – 2,000,000 90–00 0 0–19 UK 5,895,000 – 5,895,000 00 +315,31 Gibraltar 0–2 00 0 0–19 Total (approx.) 43,000,000 – 83,000,000 Overall trend Small increase Breeding range >8,000,000 km2 Gen. length. <3.3 % Global pop. 75–94 (See p. 200, bottom, for data quality graph) Country Breeding pop. size (pairs) Year(s) Trend Mag.% References Luscinia luscinia Belarus 160,000 – 200,000 97–02 0 0–19 THRUSH NIGHTINGALE Bulgaria (0 – 5) 96–02 ? – Czech Rep. 0–5 00 0 0–19 Non-SPECE (1994: 4) Status Secure Denmark (10,000 – 50,000) 00 – 30–49 Criteria — Estonia 40,000 – 80,000 98 + 20–29 1 Finland 15,000 – 20,000 98–02 –10 European IUCN Red List Category — Georgia Present 03 ? – Criteria — Germany 9,600 – 36,000 95–99 – 20–29 Global IUCN Red List Category — Hungary 0 – 10 95–02 – 20–49 Latvia 50,000 – 150,000 90–00 + 30–49 23,16,2 Criteria — Lithuania (40,000 – 70,000) 99–01 (0) (0–19) 20 Moldova 40,000 – 50,000 90–00 0 0–19 Luscinia luscinia is a widespread summer visitor to north-eastern Europe, which Netherlands 0–2 98–00 ? – 1 Norway 300 – 1,000 90–03 0 0–19 constitutes >50% of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is Poland 200,000 – 400,000 00–02 0 0–19 23 very large (>3,700,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970–1990. Although there Romania 86,000 – 120,000 00–02 + 0–19 48 Russia 2,500,000 – 5,000,000 90–00 (0) (0–19) 122 were declines in some marginal populations during 1990–2000, key populations in Slovakia 1,000 – 1,500 90–99 0 0–19 the core of the breeding range—notably Russia—were stable, and the species remained Sweden 20,000 – 50,000 99–00 –38 stable overall. Consequently, it is evaluated as Secure. Ukraine 520,000 – 680,000 90–00 0 0–9 Total (approx.) 3,700,000 – 6,900,000 Overall trend Stable Breeding range >4,000,000 km2 Gen. length. <3.3 % Global pop. 50–74 No. of pairs ≤ 110,000 ≤ 290,000 ≤ 600,000 93 6 ≤ 3,600,000 2000 population 36 60 4 Present 1990 population Extinct Data quality (%) – Luscinia luscinia Luscinia unknown poor medium good luscinia 1990–2000 trend 72 27 1970–1990 trend 37 56 7 2000 population 26 60 14 1990 population 52 34 12 Data quality (%) – Erithacus rubecula (see p. 200, top) unknown poor medium good 1990–2000 trend 3 36 29 32 1970–1990 trend 55 25 18 200 http://birdsineurope.birdlife.org Prunella mod-Sylvia sarda.p65 200 19/10/2004, 17:13.