When it is recorded
Jan16,566
Feb12,259
Mar15,957
Apr21,967
May20,437
Jun12,781
Jul12,495
Aug13,490
Sep12,593
Oct13,312
Nov11,922
Dec12,194
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 15,962 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 13,818 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 9,267 | |
| 4 | Rutland | England | 8,815 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 7,726 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 5,914 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 5,757 | |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | England | 4,584 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 2,744 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 2,156 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 1,826 | |
| 12 | Thurrock | England | 822 | |
| 13 | Nottingham | England | 756 | |
| 14 | Gloucestershire | England | 707 | |
| 15 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 542 |
175,813 England73 Scotland230 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 176,148
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 86
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 38,918
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Surrey, Rutland, Suffolk, Kent, Essex, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Thurrock +29
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Alopochen
- Name with authority
- Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Described
- 1766
- Contributing datasets
- 17
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q274179 · GBIF 2498252