Widespread breeder in oak forests at medium and high elevations. Breeds in lowland black locust and pine plan- tations, gallery forests along rivers and in larger parks. The breeding population increased between 1999 and 2018 (5.8 ± 5.1%, p<0.05), the number of wintering birds declined (?6.0 ± 3.6%, p<0.05) between 2000 and 2018.