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Javan Pond Heron
Ardeola speciosa · Family Ardeidae
Ardeola speciosa
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 38,932
- Countries and territories with records
- 19
About this species
This species has 38,932 occurrence records from 19 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Thailand (40.6%), Indonesia (39.8%), the Philippines (10.6%), Cambodia (3.8%) and Malaysia (2.2%); together they account for 97.1% of the total. In Thailand, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ardeola speciosa combines the genus name Ardeola with the species epithet speciosa. 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 ralloides and Ardeola bacchus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 35th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 2.8% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.