What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Common Greenshank been recorded?

Tringa nebularia occurrence evidence comes from 538,563 records in 82 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Common Greenshank
Common Greenshank — Photo (display-sized rendition): Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeTringa

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

538,563 records across 82 countries and territories, 1830–2026.

Tringa nebularia · GBIF taxon key 2481726

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

7 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.

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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.

Records over time

18302026

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

Where Common Greenshank has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Common Greenshank. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 484,276
Belgium 48,320
Austria 2,953
South Korea 910
Spain 398
United Kingdom 396
Germany 369
China 122
Russia 119
Uganda 94
Australia 67
Luxembourg 66
South Africa 50
Taiwan 44
Kenya 40
Mongolia 28
Senegal 22
France 20
Japan 18
Albania 15
India 15
Denmark 13
Finland 12
Italy 11
Ireland 10
Netherlands 10
Thailand 10
Hong Kong 9
Greece 8
Tanzania 8
Estonia 7
Namibia 7
Portugal 7
Türkiye 7
Romania 6
Gambia 5
Madagascar 5
Oman 5
Jordan 4
Malaysia 4

Showing the top 40 of 82 places.

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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.