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Where does the Gadwall live?

Mareca strepera has 6,883,637 records in 136 countries and territories, from 1825 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Gadwall
Gadwall — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeMareca

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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
United States 3,389,346
Netherlands 777,572
Canada 599,339
Sweden 475,009
United Kingdom 380,303
Belgium 217,661
Denmark 215,571
Spain 165,324
France 137,585
Germany 116,575
India 63,709
Portugal 36,325
Norway 29,581
Czechia 20,846
Japan 20,565
Mexico 19,901
Poland 19,262
Estonia 18,694
Russia 18,547
Switzerland 16,697
Austria 14,817
Italy 13,625
Finland 11,666
China 10,628
Iceland 9,721
Taiwan 9,486
South Korea 8,231
Israel 6,482
Bulgaria 5,104
Hungary 4,308
Ireland 4,117
Türkiye 3,970
Mongolia 3,955
Serbia 2,818
United Arab Emirates 2,755
Greece 2,693
Romania 2,688
Ukraine 2,625
Slovakia 2,214
Nepal 2,176

Showing the top 40 of 136 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.