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White-necked Heron
Ardea pacifica · Family Ardeidae
Ardea pacifica
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 234,925
- Countries and territories with records
- 9
About this species
This species has 234,925 occurrence records from 9 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.21% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ardea pacifica combines the genus name Ardea with the species epithet pacifica. 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 23rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 16.8% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.