Rila National Park

Rila National Park

 Rila National Park ranks among the most significant of protected areas in
Bulgaria and Europe. Its territory is an extremely diverse network of
habitats, most of which have remained practically untouched by human
activity and preserve diverse and wholly natural animal communities.
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Flora and Fauna

There are four plant zones in National park of "Rila" : beech, forest,
prickly, sub -alpine. Wood, bush and grass vegetation participate in
its composition. The forest vegetation is present mainly by the
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 Rila National Park’s fauna is extremely rich,

comprising 2,934 species of invertebrate organisms
and 178 species of vertebrates, most of which form
numerous, healthy, and viable populations.
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List of mammals in National park Rila
There are 48 mammal species in National park Rila

 Insectivores: Carnivores
Eastern European hedgehog Grey wolf
Shrew
 Bats: Bats Red fox
 Lagomorphs: European rabbit Marten
 Rodents: Wild mice, Vole
Water vole, European pine marten
Spermophilus citellus Eurasian badger
 Even-toed ungulates: Wild boar
Least weasel
Roe deer, Red deer, Alpine ibex
, Wild goat European otter
Brown bear
Wild cat
wild boar alpine ibex Balkan chamois

grey wolf hedgehog pine martin least weasel

shrew
Five species of fish, 20 species of
amphibians and reptiles, 48 species of
mammals, and 99 species of birds
represent the vertebrate fauna. Twenty-
red fox four of these vertebrate species are
 alpine rock cock of the wood hazel hens
accentor partridges
 Rila National Park has some of the
healthiest and most viable populations of
predatory birds in Europe. The Park is also
home to a group of birds characteristic of
imperial the high mountain zone: wall creeper,
eagle alpine chough, and alpine accentor,
globally representing this region for the
ornithofauna of the alpine biome.

small eagle