What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Cirl Bunting been recorded?

Emberiza cirlus occurrence evidence comes from 10,112 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1883 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Cirl Bunting
Cirl Bunting — Photo (display-sized rendition): Cirl_bunting.jpg: Paco Gómez from Castellón, Spain derivative work: Bogbumper (talk) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesEmberizidaeEmberiza

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

10,112 records across 21 countries and territories, 1883–2026.

Emberiza cirlus · GBIF taxon key 7626513

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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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

18832026

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

Where Cirl Bunting has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Cirl Bunting. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 7,204
Germany 2,040
Sweden 405
United Kingdom 94
Greece 78
Belgium 74
France 71
Andorra 30
Italy 29
Bulgaria 23
Austria 13
Luxembourg 10
Croatia 8
Portugal 7
Morocco 6
New Zealand 5
Serbia 4
Türkiye 4
Switzerland 3
North Macedonia 2
Albania 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.