What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Willow Warbler been recorded?

Phylloscopus trochilus occurrence evidence comes from 1,738,129 records in 65 countries and territories, from 1816 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Willow Warbler
Willow Warbler — Photo (display-sized rendition): Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPhylloscopidaePhylloscopus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,738,129 records across 65 countries and territories, 1816–2026.

Phylloscopus trochilus · GBIF taxon key 2493052

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

6 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: August. 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 Willow Warbler has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Willow Warbler. 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 1,639,135
Belgium 62,255
Spain 15,397
Luxembourg 8,689
Austria 4,830
United Kingdom 4,248
Germany 1,267
Netherlands 1,126
Russia 301
Uganda 193
Ukraine 131
South Africa 59
Kuwait 47
Kenya 39
Egypt 37
Norway 35
Finland 29
Andorra 26
Israel 26
Greece 22
France 18
Portugal 17
Iran 16
Denmark 14
Malawi 14
Namibia 14
Ireland 13
Ethiopia 10
Italy 10
Estonia 9
Zimbabwe 9
Botswana 8
Senegal 8
Tanzania 7
Poland 6
DR Congo 5
Czechia 5
Angola 4
Djibouti 3
Gambia 3

Showing the top 40 of 65 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.