编辑“︁岩鹭”︁（章节）

==分布與棲地==
岩鷺廣泛分布於南亞和大洋洲。在[[澳大利亞]]，岩鷺棲息於大部分海岸線和包括[[托雷斯海峽群島]]在內的離岸島嶼。<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lavery |first1=Tyrone H. |last2=Watson |first2=Justin J. |last3=Leung |first3=Luke K.-P. |date=2012 |title=Terrestrial vertebrate richness of the inhabited Torres Strait Islands, Australia |journal=Australian Journal of Zoology |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=180–191 |doi=10.1071/ZO12043 |s2cid=73537024 }}</ref>

南亞分布于[[东南亚]]、[[台湾]]以及[[中国大陆]]的[[海南]]、[[广东]]、[[福建]]、[[浙江]]等地，主要生活于岩壁海岸或小岛上以及筑巢于岩壁或树上。

大洋洲分布於[[澳大利亚]]、[[紐西兰]]、[[密克罗尼西亚岛群|密克羅尼西亞]]，在[[關島]]、[[馬紹爾群島]]、[[北馬里亞納群島]]和[[帛琉]]等多個島嶼有繁殖記錄。<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wiles |first1=Gary J.|date=2005 |title=A checklist of the birds and mammals of Micronesia |journal=Micronesia |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=149–189}}</ref> 該物種還分布於西[[波利尼西亞]]的各個地區，包括[[斐濟]]、<ref name="Watling" /> [[法屬波利尼西亞]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beaune |first1=David |last2=Ghestemme |first2=Thomas |last3=Raust |first3=Philippe |last4=Blanvillain |first4=Caroline |date=2018 |title=Herons of French Polynesia: threats, status and conservation |journal=Journal of Heron Biology and Conservation |volume=3 |url=https://www.heronconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/JHBC/vol03/03_02_Beaune_et_al.pdf |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=2020-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130015652/https://www.heronconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/JHBC/vol03/03_02_Beaune_et_al.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref>和[[湯加]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steadman |first1=David W.|date=1993 |title=Biogeography of Tongan birds before and after human impact |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=90 |issue=3 |pages=818–882 |doi=10.1073/pnas.90.3.818|pmid=11607357|pmc=45761|bibcode=1993PNAS...90..818S|doi-access=free }}</ref>，但不在[[紐埃]]繁殖。<ref name="Watling" /> 1991年和2018年對斐濟島嶼[[羅圖馬]]進行的調查表明，岩鷺最近已經在該島定居。<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cibois |first1=Alice |last2=Thibault |first2=Jean-Claude |last3=Watling |first3=Dick |date=2019 |title=Birds and bats of Rotuma, Fiji |url=https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Cibois_66_etal_139-149_-_3.pdf |journal=Notornis |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=139–149 |access-date=2024-08-06 |archive-date=2023-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224123411/https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Cibois_66_etal_139-149_-_3.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref>

[[紐西蘭]]被認為是岩鷺分布的南限。<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Mike |date=2010 |title=A census of reef herons (''Ardea sacra'') in the Marlborough Sounds |url=https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bell_2010_0.pdf |journal=Notornis |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=152–155 |access-date=2024-08-06 |archive-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408170015/https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bell_2010_0.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref> 儘管相對罕見，該物種在全國範圍內都有分布，但在[[北地大區]]最為常見。<ref>{{cite book |last=Chambers |first=Stuart |date=2009 |title=Birds of New Zealand: locality guide |edition=3rd |url=http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/sites/all/files/EGRSAC_Chambers.pdf |location=Orewa, New Zealand |publisher=Arun Books |page=91 |access-date=2024-08-06 |archive-date=2021-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228065151/https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/sites/all/files/EGRSAC_Chambers.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref>

该物种的模式产地在[[太平洋]]的[[大溪地]]。<ref name='id1374'/>