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Where does the Firecrest live?

Regulus ignicapilla has 871,889 records in 60 countries and territories, from 1823 to 2026. Most records come from France.

AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesRegulidaeRegulus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 233,678
Spain 193,853
Netherlands 137,381
Portugal 54,293
Sweden 43,674
Germany 40,348
United Kingdom 34,816
Belgium 26,576
Italy 24,009
Denmark 19,729
Switzerland 9,546
Austria 9,079
Czechia 8,804
Poland 7,587
Greece 4,051
Luxembourg 3,826
Türkiye 3,117
Morocco 1,887
Norway 1,884
Bulgaria 1,521
Croatia 1,286
Estonia 1,215
Slovakia 1,212
Ukraine 1,104
Russia 718
Slovenia 717
Lithuania 684
Romania 609
Serbia 594
Finland 583
Hungary 582
Andorra 501
Belarus 285
Latvia 213
Ireland 212
Montenegro 199
Jersey 196
Guernsey 167
Georgia 154
Isle of Man 148

Showing the top 40 of 60 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.