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Where does the Garganey live?

Spatula querquedula has 775,699 records in 158 countries and territories, from 1790 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeSpatula

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
Sweden 145,093
Netherlands 144,159
India 80,899
Denmark 51,580
France 48,426
Belgium 36,955
United Kingdom 32,693
Germany 24,195
Spain 19,031
Russia 18,028
Taiwan 16,485
Norway 16,118
Israel 11,495
Poland 10,373
Türkiye 8,069
Austria 7,037
Estonia 6,851
Czechia 6,347
Ukraine 5,124
Finland 4,766
United States 4,604
China 4,354
Italy 4,354
Thailand 4,169
Greece 3,973
United Arab Emirates 3,901
Hungary 3,900
Bulgaria 3,848
Switzerland 3,170
Hong Kong 2,916
Oman 2,379
Serbia 2,234
Sri Lanka 2,130
Romania 2,090
Portugal 2,066
Cyprus 1,954
Mongolia 1,878
Kazakhstan 1,761
Georgia 1,608
South Korea 1,349

Showing the top 40 of 158 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.