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Where does the European Goldfinch live?

Carduelis carduelis has 6,427,410 records in 103 countries and territories, from 1745 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

European Goldfinch
European Goldfinch — Giles Laurent / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesFringillidaeCarduelis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 1,042,647
Spain 1,021,385
France 796,803
Sweden 720,098
Netherlands 552,812
Germany 329,066
Portugal 254,662
Denmark 254,426
Australia 242,771
Norway 194,135
New Zealand 178,819
Belgium 94,573
Italy 74,636
Russia 70,071
Czechia 57,103
Finland 50,042
Türkiye 47,365
Ireland 45,118
Israel 40,028
Austria 39,832
Poland 35,558
Greece 31,258
Switzerland 30,211
Estonia 24,302
Bulgaria 21,639
Ukraine 19,165
Hungary 18,573
Isle of Man 14,178
Bermuda 12,037
United States 11,112
Slovakia 10,510
Serbia 8,753
Croatia 8,646
Cyprus 8,561
Luxembourg 8,181
Romania 8,058
Slovenia 6,716
Georgia 6,402
Belarus 4,926
Morocco 4,576

Showing the top 40 of 103 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.