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Ardea

Ardea is a genus in the family Ardeidae. This database currently files 22 species under it, 2 of them threatened, recorded across 2 countries.

Species filed
22
Threatened
2
Countries recorded
2
With a free photo
59%
Weight range
332 g – 4.47 kg

Best-known members of Ardea

Ranked by popularity score.

How threatened is Ardea?

14 of 22 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
CRCritically Endangered17%
ENEndangered17%
LCLeast Concern1286%

Where is Ardea found?

Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

Sweden: 1 speciesAustralia: 6 species
  • None on record
  • 1
  • 2–5
  • 6
  • 7+
species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Australia6
  2. Sweden1

All species in Ardea

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Grey heronArdea cinereaArdeidaeLeast Concern1.44 kgNot recorded
Great egretArdea albaArdeidaeLeast Concern871.3 g1
Western cattle egretArdea ibisArdeidaeLeast Concern365.9 gNot recorded
Purple heronArdea purpureaArdeidaeLeast Concern1.06 kgNot recorded
Goliath heronArdea goliathArdeidaeLeast Concern4.47 kgNot recorded
Great blue heronArdea herodiasArdeidaeLeast Concern2.52 kgNot recorded
Medium egretArdea intermediaArdeidaeLeast Concern458.8 g1
Black-headed heronArdea melanocephalaArdeidaeLeast Concern1.06 kgNot recorded
Great-billed heronArdea sumatranaArdeidaeLeast Concern2.02 kg1
White-bellied heronArdea insignisArdeidaeCritically Endangered2.02 kgNot recorded
Cocoi heronArdea cocoiArdeidaeLeast Concern1.75 kgNot recorded
Humblot's heronArdea humblotiArdeidaeEndangered1.06 kgNot recorded
White-necked heronArdea pacificaArdeidaeLeast Concern881 g1
Asian cattle egretArdea coromandaArdeidaeNot recorded332 g1
Yellow-billed egretArdea brachyrhynchaArdeidaeNot recorded458.8 gNot recorded
Not recordedArdea cinerea x albaArdeidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedArdea flavimanaArdeidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArdea longicollisArdeidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Plumed egretArdea plumiferaArdeidaeLeast Concern458.8 g1
Not recordedArdea pumilaArdeidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArdea scolopaceaArdeidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArdea timoriensisArdeidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded