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Western Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis · Family Ardeidae
Ardea ibis
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,707,147
- Countries and territories with records
- 222
About this species
This species has 3,707,147 occurrence records from 222 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (34.3%), Spain (8%), South Africa (7.9%), Colombia (6%) and France (3.8%); together they account for 60% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.11% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ardea ibis combines the genus name Ardea with the species epithet ibis. 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 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 2.6 times the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.