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Michele Mendi

The species occurs in sunny, open landscapes rich in steep slopes of soft soil (riverbanks, pits, loess walls) and large flying insects. Its distribution extends from NW Africa and Iberian Peninsula N to Denmark and E to W Mongolia and NW China (Bastian & Bastian 2022).

In Europe, the species occurs mostly in S & E Europe, with patchy distribution in C Europe. European strongholds are located in Spain in SE Europe (Russia, Ukraine, E Balkan Peninsula), Asia Minor (Keller et al. 2020).

Eurasian-African migrant. European populations winter in W, E & S Africa.

Its European population trend is stable on a short-term. Evaluated as “Least Concern” (BirdLife International 2022).

Season of assessment

B

Population trendStable
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)
7370000-11200000,8970000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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* Los datos del mapa incluyen solo recuperaciones lejanas (>= 50 km)