When it is recorded
Jan95
Feb85
Mar282
Apr1,597
May1,051
Jun80
Jul160
Aug76
Sep75
Oct128
Nov114
Dec77
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 2,081 | |
| 2 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 1,984 | |
| 3 | East Ayrshire | Scotland | 434 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 394 | |
| 5 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 374 | |
| 6 | Denbighshire | Wales | 345 | |
| 7 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 339 | |
| 8 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 189 | |
| 9 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 165 | |
| 10 | Gwynedd | Wales | 136 | |
| 11 | Wrexham | Wales | 124 | |
| 12 | Stirling | Scotland | 93 | |
| 13 | Moray | Scotland | 68 | |
| 14 | Powys | Wales | 66 | |
| 15 | South Lanarkshire | Scotland | 35 |
103 England6,473 Scotland708 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 7,389
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 24
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Lyrurus tetrix
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 15,664
- Most recorded in
- Argyll and Bute, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, Highland, Perth and Kinross, Denbighshire, Scottish Borders, Aberdeenshire, South Ayrshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham, Stirling +2
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Lyrurus
- Name with authority
- Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 29
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q155878 · GBIF 2473682