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Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826
Ardea melanocephala, the black-headed heron, is a large wading heron common acro…
Great Egret
Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Ardea alba, the great egret, is a widespread large all-white heron with document…
Western Cattle-Egret
Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bubulcus ibis, the cattle egret, is a stocky heron that has undergone one of the…
Medium Egret
Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829)
Egretta intermedia, the medium egret, is a mid-sized white egret with defined si…
Medium Egret
Egretta intermedia brachyrhyncha (A.E.Brehm, 1854)
This is a size and physical description of the subspecies Egretta intermedia bra…
Medium Egret
Egretta intermedia plumifera (Gould, 1848)
Egretta intermedia plumifera is a medium-sized white egret intermediate in size …
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nycticorax nycticorax, the black-crowned night heron, is a stocky wetland heron …
Nankeen Night Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789)
The nankeen night heron is a medium-sized mainly nocturnal heron with six subspe…
Chinese Pond-Heron
Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte, 1855)
Ardeola bacchus, the Chinese pond heron, is an East Asian lowland heron that is …
Javan Pond-Heron
Ardeola speciosa (Horsfield, 1821)
The Javan pond heron is a migratory wading heron found in Southeast Asian wetlan…
Madagascar Pond-Heron
Ardeola idae (Hartlaub, 1860)
Ardeola idae, the Malagasy pond heron, is a small heron with plumage varying by …
Indian Pond-Heron
Ardeola grayii (Sykes, 1832)
Ardeola grayii, the Indian pond heron, is a common stocky heron native to South …
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
Ardeola ralloides, the squacco heron, is a small Old World heron that breeds in …
Rufous-bellied Heron
Ardeola rufiventris (Sundevall, 1850)
Ardeola rufiventris is a small dark heron found across much of sub-Saharan Afric…
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nyctanassa violacea, the yellow-crowned night heron, is an American night heron …
Green Heron
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Butorides virescens, the green heron, is a small heron and one of the few bird s…
Striated Heron
Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Butorides striata, the striated heron, is a small South American heron that hunt…
Malayan Night Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822)
Gorsachius melanolophus, the Malayan night heron, is a stocky heron found across…
Whistling Heron
Syrigma sibilatrix (Temminck, 1824)
The whistling heron Syrigma sibilatrix is a distinctive Neotropical heron named …
Capped Heron
Pilherodius pileatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Pilherodius pileatus, the capped heron, is a distinct Neotropical rainforest her…
White-backed Night Heron
Gorsachius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827)
Gorsachius leuconotus, the white-backed night heron, is a medium-sized nocturnal…
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum (Boddaert, 1783)
Rufescent tiger heron is a medium-sized heron found in wetlands across Central a…
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson, 1834
Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson, 1834 is a bird with distinct plumage differences b…
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma fasciatum (Such, 1825)
Tigrisoma fasciatum, the fasciated tiger heron, is the smallest tiger heron foun…
