Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides(Scopoli, GA, 1769)
English (US) Squacco Heron
The Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) 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: locally in southern Palearctic region, and Africa and MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ardeola ralloides
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Squacco Heron
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea ralloides
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
- Type locality
- 'In Carniolica' = Krain.
- Original description
- Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani p.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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