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Where does the Squacco Heron live?

Ardeola ralloides has 283,370 records in 133 countries and territories, from 1817 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Squacco Heron
Squacco Heron — Pierre Dalous / CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesArdeidaeArdeola

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 40,160
South Africa 35,926
Israel 30,072
France 19,228
Greece 10,340
Türkiye 9,783
Botswana 8,500
Kenya 8,185
Netherlands 6,858
United Arab Emirates 6,803
Gambia 6,594
Egypt 6,206
Uganda 5,903
Italy 5,526
Madagascar 4,626
Namibia 4,340
Romania 4,019
Bulgaria 3,459
Oman 3,458
Senegal 3,447
Portugal 3,420
Serbia 3,291
Zambia 3,181
Kuwait 3,144
Tanzania 2,998
Cyprus 2,973
Hungary 2,794
Zimbabwe 2,617
Ethiopia 2,312
Ghana 2,195
Saudi Arabia 2,017
Sweden 1,889
Morocco 1,711
Croatia 1,700
Georgia 1,555
Mozambique 1,472
Iran 1,442
Nigeria 1,263
Russia 1,071
Belgium 1,026

Showing the top 40 of 133 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.