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Where does the Eurasian Curlew live?

Numenius arquata has 2,529,347 records in 157 countries and territories, from 1781 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Curlew — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeNumenius

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
Sweden 526,763
United Kingdom 425,920
Netherlands 379,683
Denmark 244,113
Norway 235,770
France 140,664
Belgium 123,124
Finland 79,761
Spain 61,241
Germany 38,194
Ireland 33,576
India 26,136
Taiwan 21,615
Portugal 17,005
Isle of Man 16,284
Estonia 14,803
Austria 14,269
United Arab Emirates 11,222
Italy 10,719
Russia 7,070
China 6,986
Greece 6,105
Poland 5,858
Hungary 5,456
Türkiye 5,295
Switzerland 5,188
Thailand 4,804
South Africa 4,259
Hong Kong 3,642
South Korea 3,630
Oman 3,323
Ukraine 3,277
Japan 3,035
Kuwait 2,644
Morocco 2,411
Czechia 2,075
Malaysia 1,996
Iran 1,821
Sri Lanka 1,816
Bulgaria 1,764

Showing the top 40 of 157 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.