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Western Reef Heron
Egretta gularis · Family Ardeidae
Egretta gularis
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 101,927
- Countries and territories with records
- 80
About this species
This species has 101,927 occurrence records from 80 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (35.2%), the United Arab Emirates (18.7%), the Gambia (7.5%), Oman (7.5%) and Senegal (5.8%); together they account for 74.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.058% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Egretta gularis combines the genus name Egretta with the species epithet gularis. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Egretta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Egretta thula, Egretta garzetta and Egretta caerulea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 30th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 7.3% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.