Ardeola speciosa
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) is a wading bird of the heron family, found in shallow fresh and salt-water wetlands in Southeast Asia. Its diet comprises insects, fish, and crabs. The Javan pond heron is typically 45 cm long with white wings, a yellow bill with a black tip, yellow eyes and legs. Its overall colour is orange, slaty and white during mating season, and brown and flecked with white out of the mating season. The non-breeding plumage is similar to that of the Chinese and Indian pond herons and is virtually indistinguishable in the field. It breeds from June to September. It is migratory.
Widespread throughout its large range, the Javan pond heron is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. BirdLife Species Factsheet Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Makassar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Semarang | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 6 | Surabaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Cebu City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 8 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Busch Gardens Tampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Tierpark Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | ZooTampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
No species of the same family or order lives in Bandung, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Javan Pond Heron sighting in Bandung on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 28 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Javan Pond Heron in Bandung on a given day, against under 5% in April, June, September–October and December, the lowest months. February–March, May and July have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Javan Pond Heron sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
10th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Javan Pond Heron sightings, Bandung ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Denpasar (Indonesia, about 60%), Jakarta (Indonesia, about 60%) and Makassar (Indonesia, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Javan Pond Heron is recorded against all the birds logged in Bandung (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
