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<p>The Goosander <italic>Mergus merganser</italic> was not recorded breeding in Bulgaria till recently. We present herewith the very first record of the species breeding in the country and estimate the size of its breeding population in Bulgaria. Thus, we propose a change in its status in the country with more effort to be invested in the survey of this small, isolated population.</p>
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The Goosander Mergus merganser was not recorded breeding in Bulgaria till recently. We present herewith the very first record of the species breeding in the country and estimate the size of its breeding population in Bulgaria. Thus, we propose a change in its status in the country with more effort to be invested in the survey of this small, isolated population.

The Goosander <italic>Mergus merganser</italic> range expansion on the Balkan Peninsula and a new breeding population in Bulgaria

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The Goosander  range expansion on the Balkan Peninsula and a new breeding population in Bulgaria

The Goosander Mergus merganser was not recorded breeding in Bulgaria till recently. We present herewith the very first record of the species breeding in the...

The Goosander Mergus merganser range expansion on the Balkan Peninsula and a new breeding population in Bulgaria

Published Online: Dec 14, 2021

Page range: 25 - 30

Received: Jul 04, 2020

Accepted: Oct 23, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acro-2020-0002

Keywords
waterfowl, breeding, locality, Eastern Rhodopes

© 2020 Dobromir Dobrev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Goosander Mergus merganser range expansion on the Balkan Peninsula and a new breeding population in Bulgaria

Published Online: Dec 14, 2021

Page range: 25 - 30

Received: Jul 04, 2020

Accepted: Oct 23, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acro-2020-0002

Keywordswaterfowl, breeding, locality, Eastern Rhodopes

© 2020 Dobromir Dobrev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
waterfowl, breeding, locality, Eastern Rhodopes