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Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi · Family Ardeidae
Ardea cocoi
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 298,895
- Countries and territories with records
- 20
About this species
This species has 298,895 occurrence records from 20 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (23.5%), Argentina (23.1%), Colombia (15.6%), Chile (9.3%) and Peru (7.7%); together they account for 79.1% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 0.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ardea cocoi combines the genus name Ardea with the species epithet cocoi. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Ardea; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ardea herodias, Ardea alba and Ardea cinerea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 21.3% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.