Where does the Great Bittern live?
Botaurus stellaris has 475,747 records in 112 countries and territories, from 1576 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.
- 475,747 records
- 112 places
- 169 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesArdeidaeBotaurus
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.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 162,420 | |
| Netherlands | 79,018 | |
| Denmark | 64,710 | |
| United Kingdom | 36,791 | |
| France | 22,191 | |
| Belgium | 21,295 | |
| Latvia | 17,713 | |
| Finland | 10,841 | |
| Poland | 9,158 | |
| Germany | 5,725 | |
| Russia | 5,305 | |
| Spain | 4,321 | |
| Italy | 3,875 | |
| China | 3,464 | |
| Ukraine | 2,971 | |
| Lithuania | 1,922 | |
| Taiwan | 1,852 | |
| Türkiye | 1,839 | |
| Hungary | 1,766 | |
| Israel | 1,672 | |
| Switzerland | 1,451 | |
| Norway | 1,344 | |
| Austria | 1,188 | |
| Estonia | 1,083 | |
| Bulgaria | 1,025 | |
| Romania | 877 | |
| Greece | 820 | |
| Czechia | 709 | |
| Belarus | 708 | |
| India | 679 | |
| Hong Kong | 605 | |
| Portugal | 564 | |
| Mali | 549 | |
| Tunisia | 488 | |
| Kazakhstan | 387 | |
| Slovakia | 348 | |
| Azerbaijan | 284 | |
| Croatia | 268 | |
| Serbia | 264 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 260 |
Showing the top 40 of 112 places.
Related animals
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3,378,362 records
Black-crowned Night-Heron
3,144,357 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.