Ciconiiformes
Herons (Ardeidae)
HBW 1, p. 376
- Medium-sized to large wading birds with long bill, neck and legs.
- All regions except Antarctic, with greatest diversity in tropics.
- Wide variety of wetland habitats; a few species mainly terrestrial.
- 17 genera, 60 species, 149 taxa.
- 8 species threatened; 1 species and 1 subspecies extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 41 1 17 23 8 1 Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
- 28 12 16 8 2 Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
- 267 7 172 88 8 3 Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- 114 1 82 31 8 4 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- 38 24 14 8 5 Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
- 18 11 7 8 6 White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
- 29 15 14 8 7 Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
- 2 1 1 3 8 Madagascar Heron (Ardea humbloti)
- 1 1 2 9 White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis)
- 10 4 6 8 10 Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)
- 36 19 17 8 11 Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
- 91 5 43 43 8 12 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- 296 4 158 134 8 13 Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
- 44 24 20 6 14 Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- 15 11 4 8 15 Pied Heron (Egretta picata)
- 5 2 3 4 16 Slaty Egret (Egretta vinaceigula)
- 12 6 6 8 17 Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
- 68 39 29 8 18 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- 55 27 28 8 19 Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia)
- 60 33 27 8 20 White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- 102 1 63 38 8 21 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- 132 91 41 8 22 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- 254 5 136 113 8 23 Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- 6 5 1 4 24 Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)
- 34 10 24 8 25 Eastern Reef-egret (Egretta sacra)
- 237 3 136 98 8 26 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- 62 34 28 8 27 Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
- 68 3 42 23 8 27 Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
- 31 12 19 8 28 Chinese Pond-heron (Ardeola bacchus)
- 27 18 9 8 29 Javan Pond-heron (Ardeola speciosa)
- 5 3 2 3 30 Madagascar Pond-heron (Ardeola idae)
- 4 2 2 8 31 Rufous-bellied Heron (Ardeola rufiventris)
- 243 2 124 117 8 33 Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus)
- 28 11 17 8 34 Agami Heron (Agamia agami)
- 73 46 27 8 35 Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax violaceus)
- 258 4 157 97 8 37 Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- 45 16 29 8 38 Rufous Night-heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
- 6 4 2 8 40 White-backed Night-heron (Nycticorax leuconotus)
- 0 3 41 White-eared Night-heron (Gorsachius magnificus)
- 1 1 3 42 Japanese Night-heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
- 20 1 6 13 8 43 Malayan Night-heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
- 49 23 26 8 44 Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- 45 23 22 8 45 Bare-throated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- 19 5 14 8 46 Fasciated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
- 63 31 32 8 47 Rufescent Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- 2 2 6 48 New Guinea Tiger-heron (Zonerodius heliosylus)
- 2 2 8 49 White-crested Tiger-heron (Tigriornis leucolophus)
- 27 3 5 19 8 50 Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus)
- 3 1 2 8 51 Stripe-backed Bittern (Ixobrychus involucris)
- 9 7 2 8 52 Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
- 37 1 17 19 8 53 Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
- 32 21 11 8 54 Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
- 1 1 8 56 Schrenck's Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)
- 6 2 4 8 57 Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)
- 2 1 1 8 58 Dwarf Bittern (Ixobrychus sturmii)
- 12 4 8 8 59 Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
- 12 1 2 9 8 60 South American Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus)
- 20 12 8 8 61 North American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
- 41 21 20 8 62 Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
- 2 2 3 63 Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)
Family statistics
17 genera, 60 species
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