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Where does the Dunlin live?

Calidris alpina has 3,411,736 records in 167 countries and territories, from 1609 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Dunlin
Dunlin — Photo: Charles Homler d/b/a FocusOnWildlife · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris

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

16092026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 1,066,535
Sweden 605,275
Denmark 263,021
United Kingdom 250,031
Canada 180,857
Norway 152,606
Spain 146,981
Netherlands 101,385
France 98,032
Finland 76,769
Taiwan 69,239
Poland 67,652
Portugal 63,090
Belgium 33,485
Germany 26,501
Iceland 17,186
Estonia 15,960
Ireland 15,288
Israel 15,144
Japan 10,701
Italy 10,597
China 9,433
United Arab Emirates 8,360
Russia 7,596
Türkiye 7,193
India 7,053
Mexico 7,033
Greece 6,159
Austria 5,731
Ukraine 5,662
Czechia 4,914
South Korea 4,843
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 4,724
Morocco 3,840
Oman 3,059
Hungary 2,940
Bulgaria 2,876
Isle of Man 2,714
Switzerland 2,499
Iran 2,080

Showing the top 40 of 167 places.

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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.