Indian Pond Heron
Ardeola grayii(Sykes, WH, 1832)
English (US) Indian Pond Heron
The Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: Persian Gulf to India, Myanmar, and Andaman and Nicobar islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ardeola grayii
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Indian Pond Heron
- Described by
- (Sykes, WH, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea Grayii
- Described by
- (Sykes, WH, 1832)
- Type locality
- Dukhun.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2, no.23 p.158
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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