[OC] Der Lebensraum der sechs vorgeschlagenen Euro-Banknoten-Vögel
Von huopak
[OC] Der Lebensraum der sechs vorgeschlagenen Euro-Banknoten-Vögel
Von huopak
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**Sources**
Occurrences: GBIF density tiles, breeding months May–July, normalised per ~80 km cell (accessed 2026-07-28).
Boundaries: © EuroGeographics / GISCO. Equal-area projection (ETRS89-LAEA).
Species and bank note designs: European Central Bank ‚Rivers and birds‘ banknote theme, 2026 public vote, design “J” by © Ville Tietäväinen.
Original idea: [www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/A5kxn4X5kg](http://www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/A5kxn4X5kg) by u/ottozumkeller
**Tools**
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Should have gone with the Starling as it’s everywhere in Europe and originally only in europe.
Turkey European country confirmed.
I like the banknotes tbh
What I love about the bird designs is that its order follows the habitat of the birds along a river. The 5€ is an alpine bird, the 200€ is a sea bird, and the rest sits in between. I don’t know if there’s an order to the famous people designs
Poor Finland 🙁
Should have gone with a pigeon
Isabelle Daëron’s design might be the best note design I’ve ever seen.
It’s pretty hard for me to read even if the idea is very interesting
So the Iberian peninsula is the only place that has all 6 right?
Sweden and especially Finland 🙁
Hold on, they really couldn’t find a species that lives in Finland? Seriously?
Love the concept. Now I want euro-notes that chirp when you pull them out. Scurr Scurr
The other name for the Garnet would have been a lot funnier
It’s a genuine crime not having the Atlantic Puffin on these.
These designs are the most beautiful tbh
Is not super accurate – e.g. there are Wall Creepers & Bee-eaters in Poland.
why are there none from finland. we have plenty of bird, many of which are very common in the rest of europe, such as the sea gull or pidgeon…
Because you used a white color for the land, the red and blue rectangles make an illusion appearing like there is yellow rectangle between them. If you’re not zoomed in, it seems as though the Northern Gannet lives across the entire continent.
The yellow rectangles themselves are barely visible on the white background as well.
Certainly more evenly represented than the habitats of the six proposed euro-note historical figures.
Cats are going to bring us dead banknotes…
If anybody is interested, the name of the birds in Spanish are
* 5€ Treparriscos
* 10€ Martín pescador
* 20€ Abejaruco
* 50€ Cigüeña blanca
* 100€ Avoceta
* 200€ Alcatraz
In French
* 5€ Tichodrome
* 10€ Martin-pêcheur
* 20€ Guepier
* 50€ Cigogne blanche
* 100€ Avocette
* 200€ Fou de bassan
and in German
* 5€ Mauerläufer
* 10€ Eisvogel
* 20€ Bienenfresser
* 50€ Weißstorch
* 100€ Säbelschnäbler
* 200€ Basstölpel
That is definitely a way to represent it
That is not a great design for the kingfisher.
Finally, we can measure money in parrots :0
I love the concept, but boy those data are not beautiful. I find it very hard to receive information.
This is a great example of how species distribution data can tell a broader ecological story. The breeding ranges reflect Europe’s major bio geographic regions surprisingly well, from alpine specialists like the Wall creeper to coastal species like the Northern Gannet. It’s also a subtle reminder that habitat diversity, not just species richness, is what makes European bird conservation so unique. Nicely visualized.