Latitudinal range: 11.0° to 44.8°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical wetland (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 5 samples

Cambodia: Vat Komnou (Holocene)

Egypt: Burullus Ringing Station (Autumn 2005)

Thailand: Wat Phai Lom (1969), Wat Phai Lom (1970)

Ukraine: Grot Skeliastyi (III-3A) (Late Pleistocene)

See also Ardeola bacchus, Ardeola ralloides