What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Indian Silverbill been recorded?

Euodice malabarica occurrence evidence comes from 182 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1880 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill — Photo (display-sized rendition): Swamy HKM · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesEstrildidaeEuodice

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

182 records across 22 countries and territories, 1880–2026.

Euodice malabarica · GBIF taxon key 5789082

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: January. 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

18802026

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

Where Indian Silverbill has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Indian Silverbill. 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
India 65
United States 39
Oman 17
Taiwan 12
Bangladesh 7
United Arab Emirates 6
France 6
Kenya 6
Djibouti 3
Ethiopia 3
Israel 2
Chad 2
Austria 1
Belgium 1
Canada 1
Iraq 1
Jordan 1
Sri Lanka 1
Pakistan 1
Puerto Rico 1
Qatar 1
Sudan 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.