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Medium Egret

Ardea intermedia · Family Ardeidae

Ardea intermedia

Family Ardeidae

Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
GBIF occurrence records
836,694
Countries and territories with records
96
Medium Egret
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About this species

This species has 836,694 occurrence records from 96 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (36.9%), Australia (22.8%), Taiwan (15.5%), South Africa (4.2%) and Thailand (3.7%); together they account for 83.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.5% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Ardea intermedia combines the genus name Ardea with the species epithet intermedia. 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 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 59.8% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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