Chinese Pond Heron
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Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Danum Valley Conservation Area
1 Verified records at Danum Valley Conservation Area
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) is an East Asian freshwater bird of the heron family, (Ardeidae). It is one of six species of birds known as "pond herons" (genus Ardeola). It is parapatric (or nearly so) with the Indian pond heron (A. grayii) to the west and the Javan pond heron (A. speciosa) to the south, and these three are presumed to form a superspecies. As a group they are variously affiliated with the squacco heron (A. ralloides) or the Malagasy pond heron (A. idae). As of mid-2011 there are no published molecular analyses of pond heron interrelationships and osteological data is likewise not analyzed for all relevant comparison taxa. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Danum Valley Conservation Area

Great-billed Heron
LC

Great-billed Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ardea sumatrana

<5% · Rare
Little Egret
LC

Little Egret

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Egretta garzetta

<5% · Rare
intermediate egret

intermediate egret

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Egretta intermedia

<5% · Rare
Nankeen Night-Heron
LC

Nankeen Night-Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Nycticorax caledonicus

<5% · Rare
Striated Heron
LC

Striated Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Butorides striata

<5% · Rare
Great Egret
LC Endemic

Great Egret

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ardea alba

<5% · Rare
Black-crowned Night Heron
LC

Black-crowned Night Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Nycticorax nycticorax

Insufficient data
Malayan Night Heron
LC

Malayan Night Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gorsachius melanolophus

Insufficient data
Purple Heron
LC

Purple Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ardea purpurea

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Chinese Pond Heron at Danum Valley Conservation Area — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
40–50%
2 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
30–40%
3 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
4 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
5 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
6 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
10–20%
7 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
8 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
9 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
10 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
11 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
Insufficient data
12 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
13 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
14 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
15 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
Insufficient data
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