Where has the Little Grebe been recorded?

Tachybaptus ruficollis occurrence evidence comes from 392,150 records in 78 countries and territories, from 1841 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

392,150 records
78 places
127 years recorded
Aves class

Aves Podicipediformes Podicipedidae Tachybaptus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

392,150 records across 78 countries and territories, 1841–2026.

Tachybaptus ruficollis · GBIF taxon key 2482048

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

12 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. 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

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

Where Little Grebe has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Little 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
Sweden	238,594
Belgium	136,258
Austria	7,140
United Kingdom	2,676
South Korea	2,242
Germany	1,983
Spain	1,116
Luxembourg	673
China	398
South Africa	116
Ukraine	109
Netherlands	99
Uganda	80
Japan	65
India	58
Taiwan	55
France	41
Philippines	39
Kenya	29
Czechia	27
Italy	26
Portugal	22
Mongolia	21
Thailand	20
Denmark	17
Russia	17
Albania	16
Iraq	16
Tanzania	15
Namibia	12
Israel	11
Ireland	10
Romania	10
Vietnam	10
Switzerland	8
Senegal	8
Bangladesh	7
Afghanistan	6
Botswana	6
Hong Kong	6

Showing the top 40 of 78 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.