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Where does the Common Greenshank live?

Tringa nebularia has 2,107,407 records in 181 countries and territories, from 1814 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Common Greenshank
Common Greenshank — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeTringa

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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 495,688
Denmark 188,056
Taiwan 149,308
Norway 137,994
Spain 129,907
United Kingdom 106,008
Australia 102,098
India 87,624
France 79,428
Netherlands 75,901
South Africa 64,513
Belgium 56,449
Portugal 42,329
Finland 38,376
Germany 28,707
Israel 21,335
China 17,612
United Arab Emirates 14,861
Estonia 14,733
Ireland 13,652
Thailand 13,627
Italy 13,241
Russia 11,277
Kenya 10,620
Hong Kong 10,071
Poland 10,050
Greece 9,842
Japan 9,666
Türkiye 9,345
Czechia 7,322
South Korea 7,004
Oman 6,547
Austria 6,439
Namibia 6,363
Gambia 5,474
Philippines 5,185
Morocco 4,848
Tanzania 4,563
Sri Lanka 4,051
Senegal 3,840

Showing the top 40 of 181 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.