Where has the Eared Grebe been recorded?

Podiceps nigricollis occurrence evidence comes from 66,066 records in 43 countries and territories, from 1840 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

66,066 records
43 places
155 years recorded
Aves class

Aves Podicipediformes Podicipedidae Podiceps

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

66,066 records across 43 countries and territories, 1840–2026.

Podiceps nigricollis · GBIF taxon key 2482065

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-24. 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.

9 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

18402026

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

Where Eared Grebe has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Eared 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
Belgium	31,909
Sweden	26,547
United States	5,736
Austria	796
Canada	221
Spain	207
Russia	106
Mexico	87
Germany	84
United Kingdom	77
South Korea	54
Albania	50
Netherlands	29
Mongolia	26
China	25
Italy	14
South Africa	14
Greece	10
France	9
Bulgaria	7
Japan	7
Iran	5
Türkiye	5
Colombia	4
Armenia	3
Croatia	3
Luxembourg	3
Namibia	3
Czechia	2
Denmark	2
Georgia	2
Hong Kong	2
Israel	2
Iceland	2
Kazakhstan	2
Poland	2
Slovenia	2
Angola	1
Malta	1
Portugal	1

Showing the top 40 of 43 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.