Bird families · Pelecaniformes
Herons, Bitterns
Ardeidae · 67 species
Herons, Bitterns (Ardeidae) is a family of 67 bird species in the order Pelecaniformes. They live mostly in wetland, coastal, forest habitats. The smallest is the Stripe-backed Bittern and the largest the Goliath Heron.
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black-backed Bittern Ixobrychus 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 Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- 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 Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great White Heron Ardea occidentalis
- 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
- Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
- Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- 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
- 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 Ixobrychus involucris
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus
- Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus 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 Ixobrychus sinensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus