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Cuckoo ray

Leucoraja naevus

21,334Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
33Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,108
Feb3,339
Mar2,976
Apr1,258
May425
Jun505
Jul645
Aug3,412
Sep2,220
Oct867
Nov3,570
Dec995

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England108
2Orkney Islands Scotland85
3Shetland Islands —40
4Devon England38
5Gwynedd Wales16
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
7Highland Scotland12
8Argyll and Bute Scotland10
9Conwy Wales10
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
11Isle of Anglesey Wales9
12Dorset England8
13Swansea Wales8
14Aberdeenshire Scotland7
15Denbighshire Wales7
49 England122 Scotland56 Wales138 Northern Ireland16 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
21,334
Peak month
November
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Leucoraja naevus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
500
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Orkney Islands
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Leucoraja
Name with authority
Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Described
1841
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2473297 · GBIF 2419875