Ardeidae
Bird family with 74 species
Species
Agami Heron
(Agamia agami)
American Bittern
(Botaurus lentiginosus)
Ascension Night Heron
(Nycticorax olsoni)
Australasian Bittern
(Botaurus poiciloptilus)
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
(Tigrisoma mexicanum)
Bermuda Night Heron
(Nyctanassa carcinocatactes)
Black Bittern
(Botaurus flavicollis)
Black Heron
(Egretta ardesiaca)
Black-backed Bittern
(Botaurus dubius)
Black-crowned Night Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black-headed Heron
(Ardea melanocephala)
Boat-billed Heron
(Cochlearius cochlearius)
Capped Heron
(Pilherodius pileatus)
Chinese Egret
(Egretta eulophotes)
Chinese Pond Heron
(Ardeola bacchus)
Cinnamon Bittern
(Botaurus cinnamomeus)
Cocoi Heron
(Ardea cocoi)
Dwarf Bittern
(Botaurus sturmii)
Eastern Cattle Egret
(Ardea coromanda)
Eurasian Bittern
(Botaurus stellaris)
Fasciated Tiger Heron
(Tigrisoma fasciatum)
Forest Bittern
(Zonerodius heliosylus)
Goliath Heron
(Ardea goliath)
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
Great-billed Heron
(Ardea sumatrana)
Green Heron
(Butorides virescens)
Grey Heron
(Ardea cinerea)
Humblot's Heron
(Ardea humbloti)
Indian Pond Heron
(Ardeola grayii)
Japanese Night Heron
(Gorsachius goisagi)
Javan Pond Heron
(Ardeola speciosa)
Lava Heron
(Butorides sundevalli)
Least Bittern
(Botaurus exilis)
Little Bittern
(Botaurus minutus)
Little Blue Heron
(Egretta caerulea)
Little Egret
(Egretta garzetta)
Little Heron
(Butorides atricapilla)
Malagasy Pond Heron
(Ardeola idae)
Malayan Night Heron
(Gorsachius melanolophus)
Mauritius Night Heron
(Nycticorax mauritianus)
Medium Egret
(Ardea intermedia)
Nankeen Night Heron
(Nycticorax caledonicus)
New Zealand Bittern
(Botaurus novaezelandiae)
Pacific Reef Heron
(Egretta sacra)
Pied Heron
(Egretta picata)
Pinnated Bittern
(Botaurus pinnatus)
Plumed Egret
(Ardea plumifera)
Purple Heron
(Ardea purpurea)
Reddish Egret
(Egretta rufescens)
Reunion Night Heron
(Nycticorax duboisi)
Rodrigues Night Heron
(Nycticorax megacephalus)
Rufescent Tiger Heron
(Tigrisoma lineatum)
Rufous-bellied Heron
(Ardeola rufiventris)
Slaty Egret
(Egretta vinaceigula)
Snowy Egret
(Egretta thula)
Squacco Heron
(Ardeola ralloides)
Striated Heron
(Butorides striata)
Stripe-backed Bittern
(Botaurus involucris)
Tricolored Heron
(Egretta tricolor)
Von Schrenck's Bittern
(Botaurus eurhythmus)
Western Cattle Egret
(Ardea ibis)
Western Reef Heron
(Egretta gularis)
Whistling Heron
(Syrigma sibilatrix)
White-backed Night Heron
(Calherodius leuconotus)
White-bellied Heron
(Ardea insignis)
White-crested Tiger Heron
(Tigriornis leucolopha)
White-eared Night Heron
(Oroanassa magnifica)
White-faced Heron
(Egretta novaehollandiae)
White-necked Heron
(Ardea pacifica)
Yellow Bittern
(Botaurus sinensis)
Yellow-billed Egret
(Ardea brachyrhyncha)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
(Nyctanassa violacea)
Zigzag Heron
(Zebrilus undulatus)
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