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Where does the European Stonechat live?

Saxicola rubicola has 2,417,638 records in 94 countries and territories, from 1848 to 2026. Most records come from Netherlands.

European Stonechat
European Stonechat — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMuscicapidaeSaxicola

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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Netherlands 707,816
Spain 458,397
France 278,050
United Kingdom 243,252
Portugal 216,268
Belgium 97,503
Denmark 67,712
Germany 59,545
Israel 51,492
Sweden 42,182
Ireland 26,041
Norway 18,401
Greece 17,042
Türkiye 16,317
Isle of Man 14,361
Italy 13,779
Hungary 8,869
Morocco 8,596
Poland 7,877
Cyprus 6,568
Czechia 6,357
Switzerland 5,546
Austria 5,279
Palestine 3,770
Croatia 3,081
Ukraine 2,940
Slovakia 2,871
United Arab Emirates 2,421
Bulgaria 2,412
Luxembourg 2,227
Serbia 2,217
Russia 2,120
Slovenia 1,921
Romania 1,774
Kuwait 1,232
Algeria 1,190
Georgia 1,052
Tunisia 901
Albania 690
Malta 632

Showing the top 40 of 94 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.