Ardeinae
Subfamily of herons
Ardeinae is a subfamily of herons, which includes the day herons, night herons, and egrets.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Extant Genera
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Living species
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Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – typical night herons |
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Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887 – American night herons |
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Gorsachius Bonaparte, 1855 – Asian and African night herons |
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Butorides Blyth, 1852 – green-backed herons |
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Agamia Reichenbach, 1853 – Agami heron |
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Pilherodius Reichenbach, 1853 – capped heron |
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Ardeola F. Boie, 1822 – pond herons |
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Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 – cattle egrets |
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Ardea – typical herons |
- Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
- Goliath heron, Ardea goliath
- Cocoi heron, Ardea cocoi
- White-necked heron or Pacific heron, Ardea pacifica
- Black-headed heron, Ardea melanocephala
- Humblot's heron, Ardea humbloti
- White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis
- Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana
- Purple heron, Ardea purpurea
- Great egret or great white egret, Ardea alba
- Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia
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Syrigma Ridgway, 1878 – whistling heron |
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EgrettaT. Forster, 1817 – typical egrets |
- Pied heron, Egretta picata
- White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae
- Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
- Black heron, Egretta ardesiaca
- Slaty egret, Egretta vinaceigula
- Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor – also known as Louisiana heron
- Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea
- Snowy egret, Egretta thula
- Little egret, Egretta garzetta
- Western reef heron, Egretta gularis
- Dimorphic egret, Egretta dimorpha
- Pacific reef heron, Egretta sacra – also known as Pacific reef egret or eastern reef heron
- Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes
- † Egretta subfluvia, (Late Miocene or Early Pliocene)
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Fossils
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