๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Javan Pond-Heron live?

Ardeola speciosa has 38,412 records in 19 countries and territories, from 1828 to 2026. Most records come from Thailand.

Javan Pond-Heron
Javan Pond-Heron โ€” Ariefrahman / CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesArdeidaeArdeola

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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
Thailand 15,761
Indonesia 15,121
Philippines 4,129
Cambodia 1,489
Malaysia 849
Singapore 392
Taiwan 262
India 94
Vietnam 87
Cocos Islands 76
China 35
Myanmar 30
Hong Kong 28
Japan 17
Australia 16
Belgium 16
Maldives 5
Laos 3
Nigeria 1

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