Pelecaniformes in the reserves

20 bird species of the order Pelecaniformes are recorded around 509 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the Hadada Ibis, near 476 reserves. 1 is on the IUCN Red List as threatened or near threatened.

Families

Ardeidae 12 Threskiornithidae 5

Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash476 reserves

Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala302 reserves

Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis296 reserves

Grey HeronArdea cinerea258 reserves

African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus256 reserves

Little EgretEgretta garzetta150 reserves

HamerkopScopus umbretta103 reserves

African SpoonbillPlatalea alba82 reserves

Purple HeronArdea purpurea53 reserves

Goliath HeronArdea goliath43 reserves

Great EgretArdea alba40 reserves

Striated HeronButorides striata35 reserves

All 20 species

Species	Family	Reserves	Records	IUCN	Recorded most near
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash	Threskiornithidae	476	163 285	LC	Garden Route National Park
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala	Ardeidae	302	55 659	LC	False Bay Nature Reserve
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis	Ardeidae	296	69 688	LC	Korsman Conservancy
Grey HeronArdea cinerea	Ardeidae	258	62 307	LC	Kruger National Park
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus	Threskiornithidae	256	84 453	LC	False Bay Nature Reserve
Little EgretEgretta garzetta	Ardeidae	150	46 296	LC	Garden Route National Park
HamerkopScopus umbretta	Scopidae	103	9 434	LC	Kruger National Park
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba	Threskiornithidae	82	18 333	LC	Garden Route National Park
Purple HeronArdea purpurea	Ardeidae	53	6 717	LC	False Bay Nature Reserve
Goliath HeronArdea goliath	Ardeidae	43	7 459	LC	Kruger National Park
Great EgretArdea alba	Ardeidae	40	11 367	LC	Kruger National Park
Striated HeronButorides striata	Ardeidae	35	5 956	LC	Kruger National Park
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus	Threskiornithidae	35	11 385	LC	False Bay Nature Reserve
Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus	Threskiornithidae	33	1 995	NT	UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax	Ardeidae	28	2 496	LC	Korsman Conservancy
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus	Pelecanidae	22	6 453	LC	False Bay Nature Reserve
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides	Ardeidae	21	2 546	LC	Marievale Bird Sanctuary
Intermediate egretEgretta intermedia	Ardeidae	20	1 936	NE	Saint Lucia Park
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens	Pelecanidae	7	828	LC	Virginia Bush Nature Reserve
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca	Ardeidae	6	1 008	LC	Marievale Bird Sanctuary

Other bird orders

Passeriformes 281 Charadriiformes 47 Coraciiformes 19 Piciformes 19 Bucerotiformes 11 Gruiformes 11 Suliformes 9

GBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).