A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Ardeidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Agami HeronAgamia agami (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha (A. E. Brehm, 1854) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goliath HeronArdea goliath Cretzschmar, 1829 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Humblot's HeronArdea humbloti Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1885 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis Linnaeus, 1758 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Medium EgretArdea intermedia Wagler, 1829 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-necked HeronArdea pacifica Latham, 1801 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple HeronArdea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great-billed HeronArdea sumatrana Raffles, 1822 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Pond HeronArdeola speciosa (Horsfield, 1821) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed BitternBotaurus dubius (Mathews, 1912) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black BitternBotaurus flavicollis (Latham, 1790) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus (Wagler, 1829) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striated HeronButorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lava HeronButorides sundevalli (Reichenow, 1877) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little EgretEgretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-eared Night HeronOroanassa magnifica (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Capped HeronPilherodius pileatus (Boddaert, 1783) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix (Temminck, 1824) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha (Jardine, 1846) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fasciated Tiger HeronTigrisoma fasciatum (Such, 1825) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum (Boddaert, 1783) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-throated Tiger HeronTigrisoma mexicanum Swainson, 1834 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zigzag HeronZebrilus undulatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest BitternZonerodius heliosylus (R. P. Lesson & Garnot, 1828) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.