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Population status and trends at the EU and Member State levels

The Article 12 web tool provides an access to EU assessments and Member States’ data compiled as part of the Habitats Directive - Article 12 reporting process. The EU assessments have been carried out in EU 27 for the period 2008-2012 and in EU28 for the period 2013-2018.

Choose period, species and if relevant sub-specific unit.

Once a selection has been made the breeding distribution of the species can be visualized in a map.

The ‘Data sheet info’ includes notes for each assessment per species.

The ‘Audit trail’ includes the methods used for the EU assessment and justifications for decisions made by the assessors.

Warning: The map does not show the distribution for sensitive species in FI, IT

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Increasing
=
Stable
x
Unknown
-
Decreasing
F
Fluctuating
u
Uncertain

Codes ‘PT’, ‘ES ‘correspond to Portugal mainland (excluding Azores-PTAC and Madeira-PTMA) and Spain mainland (excluding Canary Islands-ESIC) respectively.
Similarly ‘UK’ stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (excluding Gibraltar-GIB).
The data from delayed delivery by Romania were not used for the EU population status assessment.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Dendrocopos leucotos. Show all
Data from Member States reports
MS Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population Breeding area from
gridded maps (km2)
Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size Population trend Distribution size Distribution trend Population size Population trend
Min
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for population size as a whole:
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
EE estimatePartial
ES estimateExpert
FI completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
PL completeSurvey
RO completeSurvey
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK estimatePartial
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for distribution surface area (in km²):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FI completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
PL absentData
RO estimatePartial
SE estimatePartial
SI absentData
SK completeSurvey
Area
% MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Min
Mouse-over texts below show "Method used" reported for population size value(s):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT
BG
CZ
DE
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LV
PL
RO
SE
SI
SK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
1300
1900
N/A
p
estimate
method
2.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1981-2018 x N/A 15700 4.5 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (8) 1981-2018 x N/A 15400 4.4
BG
1000
1800
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2.2
2000-2018 - -10 | -5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -10 | -5 | (N/A) 12389 3.6 2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 13100 3.8
CZ
180
260
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.3
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 4800 1.4 2002-2016 + N/A | N/A | (13.88) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (10.81) # 4400 1.3
DE
480
650
N/A
p
mean
genuine
0.9
2004-2016 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2016 x N/A 6042 1.8 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 7100 2.0
EE
4000
6000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
8.1
2007-2018 = -11 | 83 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 0 | 20 | (N/A) 27700 8.0 2007-2018 = 0 | 3 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 53 | 104 | (N/A) 27200 7.8
ES
78
97
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.1
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (286) 1600 0.5 2007-2018 + 6 | 7 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 46 | 47 | (N/A) # 1400 0.4
FI
180
400
230
p
estimate
genuine
0.4
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (144) 1985-2018 + N/A | N/A | (5400) 23500 6.8 2001-2012 x N/A 1980-2010 + 342 | 342 | (N/A) 23500 6.8
FR
310
400
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.6
2007-2017 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1989-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) # 3200 0.9 2013-2018 = N/A 1989-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 2900 0.8
GR
500
2000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.0
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 63200 18.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 58300 16.8
HR
1200
1800
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
2.4
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 7833 2.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 13600 3.9
HU
260
760
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
0.8
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 4082 1.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 4100 1.2
IT
250
350
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.5
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 = N/A 3300 1.0 2007-2018 - -10 | -5 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + N/A | N/A | (260) 3300 0.9
LT
1500
2300
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
3.1
2013-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 12200 3.5 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 12000 3.5
LV
4000
7000
N/A
p
estimate
method
8.8
2008-2018 + 8.27 | 313.88 | (116.49) 1991-2018 + 314 | 326 | (N/A) 30100 8.7 2000-2017 = N/A 1980-2017 + N/A | N/A | (785) 29900 8.6
PL
1500
2000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2.8
2013-2017 u -25 | 14 | (-7) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
RO
16633
55564
N/A
p
interval
method
58.1
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 90300 26.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 90300 26.0
SE
5
10
7
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 + 200 | 250 | (225) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-95) 10000 2.9 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -99 | -95 | (-98) 10000 2.9
SI
100
150
N/A
p
mean
knowledge
0.2
2012-2019 - -40 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 1900 # 0.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 1600 0.5
SK
3000
4500
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
6.0
2007-2018 - -10 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -10 | 0 | (N/A) 27262 7.9 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 28800 8.3
EU population status assessments
Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population EU population
status
Contribution
to Target 1
Season Previous status Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Area Short-term trend Long-term trend Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Breeding Wintering
EU28 28300 67400 p x x 254000 NE NE Unknown E B Unknown Dendrocopos leucotos