Traits Taxon list
Agamia agami (Gmelin, 1789)
Anastomus lamelligerus Temminck, 1823
Anastomus oscitans (Boddaert, 1783)
Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Ardea alba alba Linnaeus, 1758
Ardea alba egretta Gmelin, 1789
Ardea alba modesta (Gray, 1831)
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
Ardea cinerea jouyi Clark, 1907
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus, 1766
Ardea comata Pallas, 1773 accepted as Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827
Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758
Ardea herodias wardi Oberholser, 1912
Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1827 accepted as Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagler, 1829)
Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children, 1826
Ardea minor (uncertain > unassessed )
Ardea modesta Gray, 1831
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766
Ardea purpurea manilensis Meyen, 1834
Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte, 1855)
Ardeola grayii (Sykes, 1832)
Ardeola idae (Hartlaub, 1860)
Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
Ardetta erythromelas accepted as Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin, 1789)
Ardetta minuta (Linnaeus) (uncertain > unassessed )
Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790)
Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)
Botaurus pinnatus (Wagler, 1829)
Botaurus poeciloptilus (uncertain > unassessed )
Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Butorides striata brevipes (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Cercibis oxycerca (von Spix, 1825)
Ciconia abdimii Lichtenstein, 1823
Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783)
Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766)
Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Egretta alba rnelanorhyncha (Wagl.) (uncertain > unassessed )
Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827)
Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914
Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860)
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Egretta garzetta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Egretta garzetta nigripes (Temminck, 1840)
Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
Egretta gularis schistacea (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)
Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829)
Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
Egretta rufescens (Gmelin, 1789)
Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789)
Egretta sacra sacra (Gmelin, 1789)
Egretta thula (Molina, 1782)
Egretta tricolor (Müller, 1776)
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (Latham, 1790)
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw, 1800)
Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geronticus albicollis Boddaert accepted as Theristicus caudatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck, 1836)
Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822)
Gorsachius melanolophus melanolophus (Raffles, 1822)
Herodias timoriensis (uncertain > unassessed )
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Gmelin, 1789)
Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin, 1789)
Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (Potts, 1871)
Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819)
Leptoptilos crumenifer (Lesson, 1831)
Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin, 1789)
Leptoptilos javanicus (Horsfield, 1821)
Lophotibis cristata (Boddaert, 1783)
Mesembrinibis cayennensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagler, 1829)
Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758
Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant, 1769)
Nipponia nippon (Temminck, 1835)
Nyctanassa carcinocatactes Olson & Wingate, 2006 †
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789)
Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis Vigors, 1831
Nycticorax griseus (Linnaeus) (uncertain > unassessed )
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus Hartert, 1914
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin, 1789)
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nycticorax tayazu-guira Vieillot (uncertain > unassessed )
Platalea ajaja Linnaeus, 1758
Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786
Platalea flavipes Gould, 1838
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
Platalea leucorodia leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
Platalea minor Temminck & Schlegel, 1849