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Where does the Western Reef-Heron live?

Egretta gularis has 101,661 records in 79 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Western Reef-Heron
Western Reef-Heron — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesArdeidaeEgretta

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. 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
India 35,878
United Arab Emirates 19,064
Gambia 7,650
Oman 7,644
Senegal 5,911
Israel 4,174
Egypt 2,899
Saudi Arabia 2,296
Kuwait 2,165
Ghana 2,077
Iran 2,065
São Tomé & Príncipe 842
Qatar 805
Bahrain 716
Spain 671
Guinea-Bissau 592
Sri Lanka 581
Pakistan 557
Côte d'Ivoire 418
Djibouti 402
Yemen 359
France 351
Cabo Verde 337
Equatorial Guinea 316
United States 295
Mauritania 282
Nigeria 249
Cameroon 216
Guinea 208
Sierra Leone 161
Benin 154
Italy 149
Gabon 138
Liberia 131
Kenya 111
Ethiopia 103
Türkiye 69
Cocos Islands 66
Canada 58
Jordan 58

Showing the top 40 of 79 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.