Ardeola rufiventris

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Pelecaniformes/Ardeidae/Ardeola

At a glance

Occurrence records8 464

Data sources9

Biological traits23

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Ardeola rufiventris's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 464 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF8 464 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The rufous-bellied heron (Ardeola rufiventris) is a species of heron in the genus Ardeola, the pond herons, of the family Ardeidae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraitsAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth12.8 mm

Beak length (culmen)66.8 mm

Beak length (nares)48.5 mm

Beak width9.4 mm

Body mass202 g

⚠ sources differ — AVONET: 202 g · EltonTraits: 266 g

Hand-wing index27.2

Kipp's distance56.5 mm

Secondary length151 mm

Tail length72 mm

Tarsus length54.2 mm

Wing length208 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Fledging age24 days

Litter size2.38

Diet & foraging6

Fish30 %

Invertebrate40 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheAquatic predator

Vertebrate ectotherm30 %

Water around surface100 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWetland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size5 546 086 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ardeola rufiventris has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type8 464 records

Wild obs. + sensor8 428

Museum / vouchered29

Other7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO7 128 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 204≤1 km 136≤10 km 42>10 km 24

406 georeferenced · 8 022 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8 428

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy44% within 1 km

≤1 km 4≤10 km 5

9 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence29

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	11
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	4
New Haven, US	3
Cambridge, US	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
Copenhagen, DK	2
Philadelphia, US	1
Geneva, CH	1
Toronto, CA	1
Brussels, BE	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 29 of 29 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Ardeola rufiventris was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type8 464 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 11 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type8 464 records