What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Yellowhammer been recorded?

Emberiza citrinella occurrence evidence comes from 912,976 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1790 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Yellowhammer
Yellowhammer — Photo (display-sized rendition): Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesEmberizidaeEmberiza

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

912,976 records across 38 countries and territories, 1790–2026.

Emberiza citrinella · GBIF taxon key 2491534

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

17902026

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

Where Yellowhammer has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Yellowhammer. 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
Sweden 823,821
Belgium 58,733
Luxembourg 10,247
Austria 8,361
Germany 6,691
United Kingdom 2,018
Netherlands 1,206
Spain 555
Russia 458
New Zealand 220
Ukraine 140
Czechia 105
Norway 76
Denmark 65
Estonia 49
France 46
Poland 33
Andorra 31
Finland 30
Belarus 22
Romania 18
Serbia 8
Hungary 6
Lithuania 5
Afghanistan 4
Greece 4
Italy 4
Slovakia 3
Armenia 2
Bulgaria 2
Ireland 2
Iran 2
Japan 2
Latvia 2
Slovenia 2
Switzerland 1
Montenegro 1
Türkiye 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.