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Ardeidae - Herons and Bitterns
 
       
Subfamily - Tigrisomatinae    
 
       
Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum lineatum
Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum salmoni
 
 
Subfamily - Botaurinae    
 
       
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus payesii
  Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis monotypic
  Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus monotypic
 
       
Subfamily - Ardeinae    
 
       
  * Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
  * Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus
  * Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus
 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti single member of genus
 
  * Striated Heron Butorides striatus atricapilla
  * Striated Heron Butorides striatus degens
  * Striated Heron Butorides striatus javanicus
 
  Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides monotypic
  Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus monotypic
  Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris monotypic
 
  (Western) Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis monotypic
  Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus monotypic
 
  * Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea
  * Grey Heron Ardea cinerea jouyi
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi monotypic
  Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala monotypic
  Goliath Heron Ardea goliath monotypic
  * Purple Heron Ardea purpurea purpurea
  * Purple Heron Ardea purpurea manilensis
  * (Western) Great Egret Ardea alba egretta
  * (Western) Great Egret Ardea alba melanorhynchos
  Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta
 
Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus monotypic, single member of genus
 
Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix single member of genus
 
  Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia brachyrhyncha
  White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae monotypic
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens rufescens
  Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca monotypic
  Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula monotypic
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor ruficollis
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea monotypic
  Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta