Ardeidae
Herons & Egrets
Order: Pelecaniformes
Long-necked wading birds that hunt by standing motionless or stalking prey.
Species 50
Agami Heron
Agamia agami
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Ascension Night-heron
Nycticorax olsoni
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
Australian Little Bittern
Ixobrychus dubius
Bare-throated Tiger-heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Bermuda Night Heron
Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
Black Bittern
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
Black Heron
Egretta ardesiaca
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
Capped Heron
Pilherodius pileatus
Chinese Egret
Egretta eulophotes
Chinese Pond Heron
Ardeola bacchus
Cinnamon Bittern
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Dimorphic Egret
Egretta dimorpha
Dwarf Bittern
Ixobrychus sturmii
Eastern Cattle Egret
Ardea coromanda
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellaris
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma fasciatum
Forest Bittern
Zonerodius heliosylus
Goliath Heron
Ardea goliath
Great-billed Heron
Ardea sumatrana
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Green-backed Heron
Butorides striata
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Indian Pond Heron
Ardeola grayii
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Japanese Night Heron
Gorsachius goisagi
Javan Pond Heron
Ardeola speciosa
Lava Heron
Butorides sundevalli
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Little Heron
Butorides atricapilla
Madagascar Heron
Ardea humbloti
Malagasy Pond Heron
Ardeola idae
Malayan Night-Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus
Mauritius Night-Heron
Nycticorax mauritianus
Nankeen Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
New Zealand Little Bittern
Ixobrychus novaezelandiae
Pacific Reef-egret
Egretta sacra
Pied Heron
Egretta picata
Pinnated Bittern
Botaurus pinnatus
Plumed Egret
Ardea plumifera