Distribution; world
The species ranges from Madagascar and southern Africa north to southern Fennoscandia, and eastwards to Iran and much of western Saudi Arabia. Widely introduced across Europe:
AD, AL, AT, DA, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, ES-BI, ES-IC, FI, FL, FR, FR-CO, GB, GB-CI, GR, GR-AN, GR-DD, GR-KK, GR-KR, HR, HU, IE, IT, IT-SA, IT- SI, LU, LT, LV, NL, MD, MK, MT, NO, PL, PT, PT-AZ, PT-MD, RO, RS, RU, RU-EU, SE, SK, TR, UA, YU
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: NO - RDB (NA), EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)