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Where does the Common House-Martin live?

Delichon urbicum has 2,581,206 records in 158 countries and territories, from 1743 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Common House-Martin
Common House-Martin — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesHirundinidaeDelichon

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

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 411,652
Sweden 349,125
United Kingdom 306,830
France 272,844
Denmark 195,589
Germany 182,508
Portugal 130,638
Norway 113,833
Netherlands 105,730
Finland 66,393
Belgium 55,311
Poland 35,901
Czechia 31,794
Italy 29,553
Bulgaria 23,161
Greece 22,941
Türkiye 22,535
Ireland 18,270
South Africa 17,683
Switzerland 17,578
Austria 16,402
Israel 15,984
Estonia 13,261
Russia 12,601
Hungary 8,257
Croatia 7,936
Ukraine 6,763
Luxembourg 6,285
Slovakia 5,710
Serbia 5,652
Morocco 5,375
Cyprus 5,117
Romania 4,338
Isle of Man 4,203
Slovenia 4,100
Georgia 3,611
Lithuania 3,597
Kenya 2,810
India 2,601
Belarus 2,359

Showing the top 40 of 158 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.