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Where does the Common Chaffinch live?

Fringilla coelebs has 10,325,673 records in 98 countries and territories, from 1745 to 2026. Most records come from France.

Common Chaffinch
Common Chaffinch — Photo: caroline legg · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesFringillidaeFringilla

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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 1,788,912
Sweden 1,306,229
Netherlands 1,124,647
United Kingdom 935,666
Spain 817,103
Germany 633,871
Finland 631,990
Norway 548,645
Denmark 530,785
Belgium 354,511
New Zealand 269,951
Portugal 189,212
Italy 152,764
Russia 150,461
Poland 93,965
Czechia 80,690
Austria 77,733
Estonia 72,712
Switzerland 60,682
Türkiye 60,225
Ireland 50,262
Åland Islands 49,646
Greece 37,737
Israel 36,758
Bulgaria 31,942
Luxembourg 29,877
Ukraine 27,250
Croatia 17,539
Isle of Man 17,262
Hungary 16,438
Serbia 15,848
Slovakia 13,608
Slovenia 10,592
Romania 9,515
Georgia 9,029
Lithuania 8,988
Belarus 8,157
Iran 8,148
Latvia 5,594
Cyprus 5,106

Showing the top 40 of 98 places.

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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.