Squacco Heron
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Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides

Overview

Kruger National Park, the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park are among the 12 atlas places where the Squacco Heron is recorded. Its records gather most thickly in Israel, Spain, South Africa, Jordan and Botswana. The atlas holds about 129,000 records of it from 44 countries, and the map shows where these records concentrate.

Recorded months differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
128,981
Countries
44
Atlas places
12
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Squacco Heron as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • South Africa
    25 km zone · high confidence · 20498 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Spain
    25 km zone · high confidence · 20181 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Israel
    25 km zone · high confidence · 17186 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Jordan
    25 km zone · high confidence · 6226 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • France
    25 km zone · high confidence · 5665 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • United Arab Emirates
    25 km zone · high confidence · 5330 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · high confidence · 4025 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3829 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3709 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Türkiye
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3564 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Squacco Heron