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Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides

483Records since 2000
MayPeak month
25Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May104
Jun96
Jul58
Aug91
Sep16
Oct66
Nov38
Dec10

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England49
2Norfolk England36
3North Yorkshire England25
4Somerset England23
5Kent England20
6Cornwall England20
7Nottinghamshire England16
8Devon England12
9Lincolnshire England12
10East Riding of Yorkshire England11
11Suffolk England9
12Bristol, City of England6
13Pembrokeshire Wales4
14Bath and North East Somerset England4
15Shetland Islands —3
461 England5 Scotland16 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
483
Peak month
May
Counties with records
25
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ardeola ralloides
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Ardeola
Name with authority
Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
Described
1769
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q191394 · GBIF 2480906