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Where does the Tropical Bird Flea live?

Echidnophaga gallinacea has 3,131 records in 27 countries and territories, from 1894 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Tropical Bird Flea
Tropical Bird Flea — Photo: Erik Streb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaSiphonapteraPulicidaeEchidnophaga

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. 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

18942026

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 1,283
Botswana 828
Mexico 335
South Africa 186
Senegal 165
Australia 85
South Sudan 63
Namibia 51
Egypt 45
Kenya 24
Türkiye 10
Iran 9
Morocco 8
Madagascar 7
Germany 4
Panama 4
Peru 4
Tanzania 4
Japan 3
Mauritania 3
Puerto Rico 3
Côte d'Ivoire 2
Ireland 1
Mongolia 1
Mozambique 1
Russia 1
Uganda 1

Related animals

Others in the family Pulicidae.

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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.