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Emberiza citrinella · Family Emberizidae
Emberiza citrinella
Family Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Emberizidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,465,536
- Countries and territories with records
- 80
About this species
This species has 3,465,536 occurrence records from 80 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (24.8%), Norway (11.8%), Denmark (10%), Finland (9.1%) and France (8.4%); together they account for 64% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.84% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Emberiza citrinella combines the genus name Emberiza with the species epithet citrinella. The Warbla app catalog lists 42 species of the genus Emberiza; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Emberiza schoeniclus, Emberiza calandra and Emberiza cirlus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 42 species of the family Emberizidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Emberiza schoeniclus. Its record count is 14.1 times the family average (246,475). The family Emberizidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.