List of heron species

The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 72 species of herons, egrets, and bitterns in the family Ardeidae. They are distributed among 18 genera, some of which have only one species.[1]

List

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequence
Forest bitternZonerodius heliosylus1
White-crested tiger heronTigriornis leucolopha2
Rufescent tiger heronTigrisoma lineatum3
Fasciated tiger heronTigrisoma fasciatum4
Bare-throated tiger heronTigrisoma mexicanum5
Agami heronAgamia agami6
Boat-billed heronCochlearius cochlearius7
Zigzag heronZebrilus undulatus8
Eurasian bitternBotaurus stellaris9
Australasian bitternBotaurus poiciloptilus10
American bitternBotaurus lentiginosus11
Pinnated bitternBotaurus pinnatus12
Stripe-backed bitternIxobrychus involucris13
Least bitternIxobrychus exilis14
Little bitternIxobrychus minutus15
Black-backed bitternIxobrychus dubius16
New Zealand bitternIxobrychus novaezelandiae17
Yellow bitternIxobrychus sinensis18
Von Schrenck's bitternIxobrychus eurhythmus19
Cinnamon bitternIxobrychus cinnamomeus20
Dwarf bitternIxobrychus sturmii21
Black bitternIxobrychus flavicollis22
White-eared night heronGorsachius magnificus23
Japanese night heronGorsachius goisagi24
Malayan night heronGorsachius melanolophus25
White-backed night heronGorsachius leuconotus26
Black-crowned night heronNycticorax nycticorax27
Ascension night heronNycticorax olsoni28
Reunion night heronNycticorax duboisi29
Mauritius night heronNycticorax mauritianus30
Rodrigues night heronNycticorax megacephalus31
Nankeen night heronNycticorax caledonicus32
Yellow-crowned night heronNyctanassa violacea33
Bermuda night heronNyctanassa carcinocatactes34
Green heronButorides virescens35
Lava heronButorides sundevalli36
Striated heronButorides striata37
Squacco heronArdeola ralloides38
Indian pond heronArdeola grayii39
Chinese pond heronArdeola bacchus40
Javan pond heronArdeola speciosa41
Malagasy pond heronArdeola idae42
Rufous-bellied heronArdeola rufiventris43
Western cattle egretBubulcus ibis44
Eastern cattle egretBubulcus coromandus45
Grey heronArdea cinerea46
Great blue heronArdea herodias47
Cocoi heronArdea cocoi48
White-necked heronArdea pacifica49
Black-headed heronArdea melanocephala50
Humblot's heronArdea humbloti51
White-bellied heronArdea insignis52
Great-billed heronArdea sumatrana53
Goliath heronArdea goliath54
Purple heronArdea purpurea55
Great egretArdea alba56
Intermediate egretArdea intermedia57
Capped heronPilherodius pileatus58
Whistling heronSyrigma sibilatrix59
Pied heronEgretta picata60
White-faced heronEgretta novaehollandiae61
Reddish egretEgretta rufescens62
Black heronEgretta ardesiaca63
Slaty egretEgretta vinaceigula64
Tricolored heronEgretta tricolor65
Little blue heronEgretta caerulea66
Snowy egretEgretta thula67
Little egretEgretta garzetta68
Western reef heronEgretta gularis69
Dimorphic egretEgretta dimorpha70
Pacific reef heronEgretta sacra71
Chinese egretEgretta eulophotes72

References

  1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.
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