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Where does the Keeled Skimmer live?

Orthetrum coerulescens has 145,021 records in 67 countries and territories, from 1842 to 2026. Most records come from France.

Keeled Skimmer
Keeled Skimmer — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaOdonataLibellulidaeOrthetrum

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. 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

18422026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 51,173
United Kingdom 29,919
Switzerland 18,528
Netherlands 15,413
Spain 6,499
Germany 4,938
Italy 3,127
Sweden 3,054
Portugal 1,582
Greece 1,499
Austria 1,061
Belgium 1,028
Türkiye 904
Norway 818
Hungary 544
Russia 515
Ireland 499
Croatia 491
Finland 430
Denmark 392
Bulgaria 357
Ukraine 257
Serbia 191
Cyprus 161
Iran 158
Poland 144
Georgia 143
Azerbaijan 130
Romania 115
Slovenia 100
Slovakia 69
Liechtenstein 66
Syria 64
Montenegro 61
Bosnia & Herzegovina 56
Lithuania 56
Morocco 53
Algeria 51
Israel 48
Luxembourg 40

Showing the top 40 of 67 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.