List of Non-passerine Birds of Korea - Herons

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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