Ardeidae

Classification

Genera in Ardeidae

• Ardea — 35 species: Ardea aequinoctialis, Ardea alba, Ardea amissa, Ardea aurelianensis, Ardea australis, Ardea brunhuberi, Ardea cinerea, Ardea cocoi
• Egretta — 15 species: Egretta ardesiaca, Egretta caerulea, Egretta dimorpha, Egretta eulophotes, Egretta garzetta, Egretta gularis, Egretta intermedia, Egretta novaehollandiae
• Nycticorax — 11 species: Nycticorax caledonicus, Nycticorax duboisi, Nycticorax fidens, Nycticorax griseus, Nycticorax infaustus, Nycticorax kalavikai, Nycticorax mauritianus, Nycticorax megacephalus
• Ixobrychus — 9 species: Ixobrychus cinnamomeus, Ixobrychus dubius, Ixobrychus eurhythmus, Ixobrychus exilis, Ixobrychus involucris, Ixobrychus minutus, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae, Ixobrychus sinensis
• Ardeola — 6 species: Ardeola bacchus, Ardeola grayii, Ardeola idae, Ardeola ralloides, Ardeola rufiventris, Ardeola speciosa
• Botaurus — 5 species: Botaurus lentiginosus, Botaurus pinnatus, Botaurus poeciloptilus, Botaurus poiciloptilus, Botaurus stellaris
• Butorides — 4 species: Butorides striata, Butorides sundevalli, Butorides validipes, Butorides virescens
• Gorsachius — 4 species: Gorsachius goisagi, Gorsachius leuconotus, Gorsachius magnificus, Gorsachius melanolophus
• Tigrisoma — 3 species: Tigrisoma fasciatum, Tigrisoma lineatum, Tigrisoma mexicanum
• Bubulcus — 2 species: Bubulcus coromandus, Bubulcus ibis
• Nyctanassa — 2 species: Nyctanassa carcinocatactes, Nyctanassa violacea
• Syrigma — 2 species: Syrigma sanctimartini, Syrigma sibilatrix
• Agamia — 1 species: Agamia agami
• Ardeacites — 1 species: Ardeacites molassicus
• Ardeagrandis — 1 species: Ardeagrandis arborea
• Botaurites — 1 species: Botaurites avitus
• Calcardea — 1 species: Calcardea junnei
• Cochlearius — 1 species: Cochlearius cochlearius
• Cryptogyps — 1 species: Cryptogyps lacertosus
• Dupetor — 1 species: Dupetor flavicollis
• Eoceornis — 1 species: Eoceornis ardetta
• Gnotornis — 1 species: Gnotornis aramiellus
• Herodias — 1 species: Herodias timoriensis
• Matuku — 1 species: Matuku otagoense
• Pikaihao — 1 species:
• Pilherodius — 1 species:
• Proardea — 1 species:
• Proardeola — 1 species:
• Taphophoyx — 1 species:
• Tigriornis — 1 species:
• Zebrilus — 1 species:
• Zonerodius — 1 species:

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.