What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Common Hawker been recorded?

Aeshna juncea occurrence evidence comes from 7,664 records in 26 countries and territories, from 1915 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaOdonataAeshnidaeAeshna

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

7,664 records across 26 countries and territories, 1915–2026.

Aeshna juncea · GBIF taxon key 1425221

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

4 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19152026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Common Hawker has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Common Hawker. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 6,591
Canada 435
United Kingdom 145
Russia 142
Austria 107
United States 50
Germany 49
Spain 29
Finland 21
Belgium 14
Denmark 12
Norway 12
France 8
Kazakhstan 7
Japan 6
South Korea 6
Andorra 5
Switzerland 5
Italy 5
Åland Islands 4
Ireland 3
Poland 3
Luxembourg 2
Romania 1
Slovenia 1
Türkiye 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.