Where has the Great Crested Grebe been recorded?

Podiceps cristatus occurrence evidence comes from 785,475 records in 59 countries and territories, from 1790 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

785,475 records
59 places
131 years recorded
Aves class

Aves Podicipediformes Podicipedidae Podiceps

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

785,475 records across 59 countries and territories, 1790–2026.

Podiceps cristatus · GBIF taxon key 2482054

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: April.

12 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: 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.

Records over time

17902026

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

Where Great Crested Grebe has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Great Crested Grebe. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

Place	Records	Share
Sweden	583,711
Belgium	180,554
Austria	9,223
Germany	3,171
United Kingdom	2,425
South Korea	2,069
Luxembourg	1,256
Netherlands	591
Russia	475
Spain	319
China	315
Australia	199
Ukraine	193
France	184
Albania	92
Italy	78
Switzerland	74
Denmark	59
Mongolia	59
New Zealand	52
Czechia	51
Estonia	38
Finland	32
Japan	29
Poland	24
South Africa	22
Belarus	16
Greece	15
Uganda	15
Romania	14
Türkiye	13
Portugal	12
Montenegro	10
Hungary	8
Latvia	8
Armenia	7
Kazakhstan	7
Slovenia	7
Lithuania	6
Ireland	5

Showing the top 40 of 59 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Podicipedidae.

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.