Herons
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae
Large wading birds found in most temperate regions but most numerous in tropical and subtropical areas. Most herons roost and nest in large colonies called heronries; others are gregarious only at breeding time; and some are entirely solitary.
- Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
- Pacific Reef Egret Egretta sacra
- Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi
- Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
- Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus
- Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
- Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
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