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Western Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula · Family Corvidae
Coloeus monedula
Family Corvidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,792,570
- Countries and territories with records
- 85
About this species
This species has 4,792,570 occurrence records from 85 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United Kingdom (22%), Sweden (17.9%), the Netherlands (14.6%), Denmark (7.1%) and France (6.9%); together they account for 68.3% of the total. In the United Kingdom, this species accounts for 1.7% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Coloeus monedula combines the genus name Coloeus with the species epithet monedula. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Coloeus: Coloeus dauuricus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 132 species of the family Corvidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Corvus brachyrhynchos. Its record count is 5.3 times the family average (908,707). The family Corvidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.