Bitterns, Herons and Egrets
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds suck as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted.
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias (A)
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea (A)
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula (A)
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (A)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis (A)
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Turks And Caicos Islands