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Great Yellow Bumble Bee

Bombus distinguendus

2,144Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
5Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr23
May87
Jun365
Jul662
Aug886
Sep105
Oct10
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Orkney Islands Scotland951
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland604
3Highland Scotland277
4Argyll and Bute Scotland150
5North Ayrshire Scotland1
2,144 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,144
Peak month
August
Counties with records
5
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Bombus distinguendus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,156
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Name with authority
Bombus distinguendus Morawitz, 1869
Described
1869
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1183129 · GBIF 1340521