What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Brown bullhead been recorded?

Ameiurus nebulosus occurrence evidence comes from 11,493 records in 19 countries and territories, from 1850 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

SiluriformesIctaluridaeAmeiurus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

11,493 records across 19 countries and territories, 1850–2026.

Ameiurus nebulosus · GBIF taxon key 2340989

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

12 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.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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

18502026

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

Where Brown bullhead has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Brown bullhead. 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
United States 6,185
Belgium 4,728
Poland 171
Germany 135
Canada 103
Serbia 61
Croatia 32
Puerto Rico 26
Bosnia & Herzegovina 21
Slovenia 10
New Zealand 5
Montenegro 4
Mexico 4
Luxembourg 2
Belarus 1
Czechia 1
France 1
North Macedonia 1
Sweden 1
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.