What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Northern Wheatear been recorded?

Oenanthe oenanthe occurrence evidence comes from 457,808 records in 64 countries and territories, from 1816 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Northern Wheatear
Northern Wheatear — Photo (display-sized rendition): Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesMuscicapidaeOenanthe

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

457,808 records across 64 countries and territories, 1816–2026.

Oenanthe oenanthe · GBIF taxon key 5231240

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.

7 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.

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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

18162026

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

Where Northern Wheatear has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Northern Wheatear. 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 407,381
Belgium 41,756
United Kingdom 1,941
Spain 1,876
Germany 1,223
Austria 978
Netherlands 582
United States 508
Russia 356
Luxembourg 201
Ukraine 152
Greece 90
France 77
Andorra 68
Italy 49
Uganda 47
Mongolia 40
Estonia 34
Finland 34
Ireland 29
Romania 29
Senegal 27
Kenya 26
Türkiye 23
Norway 22
Iceland 19
Iran 18
Portugal 17
Denmark 15
Kuwait 15
Switzerland 14
Armenia 12
Greenland 12
Morocco 12
MD 12
Israel 11
Bulgaria 10
Egypt 10
Georgia 9
Canada 7

Showing the top 40 of 64 places.

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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.