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Where does the Reddish Egret live?

Egretta rufescens has 395,780 records in 34 countries and territories, from 1828 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret — Photo: JeffreyGammon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesArdeidaeEgretta

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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.

Records over time

18282026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 315,972
Mexico 42,708
Cuba 7,558
Colombia 5,201
Bonaire 4,221
Bahamas 2,909
Venezuela 2,652
Belize 2,156
Costa Rica 2,151
Guatemala 1,640
Dominican Republic 1,425
El Salvador 1,352
Curaçao 1,163
Turks and Caicos Islands 944
Honduras 797
Cayman Islands 657
Jamaica 506
Nicaragua 427
Aruba 402
Canada 341
Puerto Rico 294
Panama 186
Ecuador 51
Trinidad & Tobago 19
Haiti 13
Peru 12
Saint Martin 8
Bermuda 6
Antigua & Barbuda 4
Dominica 1
Guadeloupe 1
Nigeria 1
Sint Maarten 1
US Virgin Islands 1

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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.