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Where does the Whinchat live?

Saxicola rubetra has 1,097,134 records in 122 countries and territories, from 1810 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Whinchat
Whinchat — El Golli Mohamed / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMuscicapidaeSaxicola

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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
Sweden 343,900
Norway 99,579
Finland 88,277
France 84,784
Denmark 70,468
Netherlands 69,898
United Kingdom 57,147
Spain 49,427
Russia 32,294
Germany 25,669
Belgium 25,173
Estonia 15,762
Poland 12,716
Israel 10,514
Greece 10,008
Austria 9,040
Türkiye 8,931
Portugal 8,018
Italy 6,461
Ukraine 5,543
Switzerland 5,289
Bulgaria 4,180
Czechia 4,078
Georgia 3,768
Uganda 3,550
Cyprus 3,118
Isle of Man 2,346
Hungary 2,105
Nigeria 1,961
Kenya 1,937
Belarus 1,901
Lithuania 1,855
Croatia 1,853
Slovenia 1,567
Romania 1,452
Åland Islands 1,420
Luxembourg 1,374
Latvia 1,342
United Arab Emirates 1,278
Serbia 1,137

Showing the top 40 of 122 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.