Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Pelecaniformes > Ardeidae > Ardeola > Ardeola idaeArdeola idae (Malagasy Pond Heron)Synonyms: Ardea idae The Malagasy pond heron (Ardeola idae) is a species of heron belonging to the Ardeidae family. They are primarily seen in the outer islands of the Seychelles, Madagascar and countries on the east coast of Africa such as Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Being endemic to Madagascar, this species is often referred to as the Madagascar pond heron or Madagascar squacco heron. The estimated population of this heron is thought to number 2,000–6,000 individuals, with only 1,300–4,000 being mature enough for reproductive activities. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.2878 EDGE Score: 4.58805 |
| Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore | | Diet - Ectothermic [1] | 50 % | | Diet - Fish [1] | 30 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 20 % | | Forages - Water Surface [1] | 100 % |  | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 | | Incubation [2] | 20 days | | Migration [4] | Intracontinental | | Snout to Vent Length [5] | 18 inches (45 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Aldabra Island xeric scrub |
Seychelles |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Comoros forests |
Comoros |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East African halophytics |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Granitic Seychelles forests |
Seychelles |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Itigi-Sumbu thicket |
Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Madagascar dry deciduous forests |
Madagascar |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Madagascar lowland forests |
Madagascar |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Madagascar mangroves |
Madagascar |
Afrotropic |
Mangroves |
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Madagascar spiny thickets |
Madagascar |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Madagascar subhumid forests |
Madagascar |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Madagascar succulent woodlands |
Madagascar |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northeastern Congolian lowland forests |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic |
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Akagera National Park |
Rwanda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Aldabra atoll |
Seychelles |
A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Ambatovaky Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Analamera Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Andohahela National Park: Parcel II |
Madagascar |
A2, A3 |
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Ankarafantsika National Park and Ampijoroa Forestry Station |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ankarana Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Baie de Bouéni |
Mayotte (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Baly Bay National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Bemaraha Tsingy National Park and Strict Nature Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bezavona Classified Forest |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Europa |
French Southern Territories |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Isalo National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kilombero Valley |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Lake Alaotra |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Lake Itasy |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake Nakuru National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii |
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Mahavavy Kinkony Wetland |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Manambolomaty wetland complex and Tsimembo Classified Forest |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Mananara-North National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mangoky: Ankazoabo Forest SAPM |
Madagascar |
A2, A3 |
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Mantadia National Park and Analamazaotra Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Marotandrano Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Masai Mara |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Masoala National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Menabe: Andranomena |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Moebase region |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Montagne d'Ambre National Park and Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mwea National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Nairobi National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Namoroka National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George |
Uganda |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Sahamalaza Bay wetlands SAPM |
Madagascar |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Selous Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Sumbu National Park and Tondwa GMA |
Zambia |
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Wetlands of the Tsiribihina delta and upper Tsiribihina river |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands |
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 2Madagascar Pond-heron, BirdLife International (2012) Species factsheet: Ardeola idae. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/09/2012. ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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