What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Ortolan Bunting been recorded?

Emberiza hortulana occurrence evidence comes from 45,420 records in 34 countries and territories, from 1823 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

AvesPasseriformesEmberizidaeEmberiza

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

45,420 records across 34 countries and territories, 1823–2026.

Emberiza hortulana · GBIF taxon key 2491482

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-22. 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.

3 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

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

18232026

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

Where Ortolan Bunting has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Ortolan 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
Sweden 43,418
Belgium 1,129
Ukraine 282
Spain 255
Netherlands 94
Russia 86
Austria 46
Greece 17
Serbia 11
Kuwait 10
Armenia 9
Germany 8
Iran 7
Senegal 7
Ethiopia 4
France 4
Israel 4
Luxembourg 4
Romania 4
Italy 3
Finland 2
Gambia 2
Türkiye 2
Albania 1
Bulgaria 1
United Kingdom 1
Georgia 1
Croatia 1
Iraq 1
Jordan 1
Mongolia 1
Poland 1
Somalia 1
Uganda 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.