Javan Pond Heron
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Javan Pond Heron

Ardeola speciosa

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Khao Yai National Park
29 Verified records at Khao Yai National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Javan Pond Heron sighting in Khao Yai National Park, based on 29 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Khao Yai National Park

Chinese Pond Heron
LC

Chinese Pond Heron

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ardeola bacchus

20–30% · Possible
Little Egret
LC

Little Egret

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Egretta garzetta

20–30% · Possible
Striated Heron
LC

Striated Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Butorides striata

5–10% · With luck
Great Egret
LC Endemic

Great Egret

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ardea alba

5–10% · With luck
intermediate egret

intermediate egret

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Egretta intermedia

5–10% · With luck
Purple Heron
LC

Purple Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ardea purpurea

5–10% · Rare
Grey Heron
LC

Grey Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ardea cinerea

<5% · Rare
Ardea modesta

Ardea modesta

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ardea modesta

Insufficient data
Black-crowned Night Heron
LC

Black-crowned Night Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Nycticorax nycticorax

<5% · Rare
Malayan Night Heron
LC

Malayan Night Heron

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gorsachius melanolophus

Insufficient data
Glossy Ibis
LC

Glossy Ibis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Plegadis falcinellus

<5% · Rare
Grey Pelican
NT

Grey Pelican

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pelecanus philippensis

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
5–10
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
5–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 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 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
2 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
3 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
4 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
5 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
6 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
7 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Javan Pond Heron in Khao Yai National Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Javan Pond Heron sighting in Khao Yai National Park, based on 29 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Javan Pond Heron in Khao Yai National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Javan Pond Heron in Khao Yai National Park in our monthly data.

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