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Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides · Family Ardeidae
Ardeola ralloides
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 284,874
- Countries and territories with records
- 134
About this species
This species has 284,874 occurrence records from 134 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (14.2%), South Africa (12.6%), Israel (10.6%), France (6.8%) and Greece (3.6%); together they account for 47.8% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.077% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ardeola ralloides combines the genus name Ardeola with the species epithet ralloides. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Ardeola; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ardeola grayii, Ardeola bacchus and Ardeola speciosa.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 22nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 20.3% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.