| Ostriches | | Rheas | | Kiwis | | Cassowaries | | Tinamous | | Waterfowl | | Landfowl | | Nightjars | | Oilbird | | Frogmouths | | Owlet-nightjars | | Treeswifts, Swifts, Hummingbirds | | Turacos | | Bustards | | Cuckoos | | Mesites | | Sandgrouse | | Doves, Pigeons | | Cranes, Rails & relatives | | Grebes | | Flamingos | | Shorebirds | | Sunbittern, Kagu | | Tropicbirds | | Loons | | Penguins | | Tubenoses | | Storks | | Gannets, Cormorants & relatives | | Pelicans, Ibises, Herons & relatives | | | Ibises, Spoonbills | | | Herons | | | Hammerkob | | | Shoebills | | | Pelicans | | Hoatzin | | Birds of Prey | | Owls | | Mousebirds | | Cuckoo roller | | Trogons | | Hornbills, Hoopoes, Wood hoopoes | | Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & relatives | | Woodpeckers and Relatives | | Seriemas | | Falcons, Caracaras | | Parrots | | Perching birds (Songbirds) |
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African Green-backed heron
(African Green heron)
(Black-capped bittern) | Agami heron
(Chestnut-bellied heron) SA | American bittern
(North American bittern) NA | | American black-crowned night-heron NA,SA | American great white egret
(American great egret) SA,NA | Arabian reef-egret
(Indian reef heron)
(Red Sea reef-heron) EU | | Australasian bittern | | Australian rufous night-heron | | Bancroft's night heron | Bare-throated tiger-heron
(Mexican Tiger-bittern) SA | Black bittern
(Yellow-necked bittern) | | Black heron EU | Black-crowned night heron
(Nominate subspecies) EU ,SA,nEU,AS,AF,NA | | Black-headed heron | Boat-billed heron
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,NA,AS,SA | | Capped heron SA | | Cayenne night heron | Chinese egret
(Swinhoe's egret) | | Chinese pond-heron | | Cinnamon bittern | Cocoi heron
(White-necked heron) SA | | Common Grey heron EU ,nEU,AS | Common Little bittern
(Little bittern) EU ,nEU | Dwarf bittern
(African dwarf bittern)
(Rail heron) | | Eastern cattle egret AS,NA,AU | Eastern great white egret
(Indian great egret) AS,AU | | Eastern purple heron EU ,AS | Eurasian bittern
(Great bittern) nEU,EU | Eurasian grey heron
(No Subspecific status) AS | | Fasciated tiger-heron | | Goliath heron EU ,AS | Great blue heron
(No Subspecific status) NA,SA | Great white egret
(Great egret)
(No Subspecific status) AS,nEU,NA,SA | | Great White heron NA | Great-billed heron
(Sumatran heron) AS | | Green heron NA | Green-backed heron
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS | | Honduras boat-billed heron EU ,nEU,NA | | Indian pond-heron EU ,AS | | Indonesian Little egret AS | Intermediate egret
(Asian intermediate egret) AS,AU | | Japanese night heron AS | | Javan pond-heron EU ,NA,AS | | Least bittern NA | | Little blue heron NA | Little egret
(Nominate subspecies)
(Common Little egret) EU ,AS,nEU,SA | Madagascar pond-heron
(Malagasy pond-heron) EU ,nEU,NA | Malay night-heron
(Malayan night-heron) | | North-eastern great blue heron | | North-western purple heron | Northern Boat-billed heron
(Northern boatbill) | | Northern Rufescent tiger-heron | | Northern Yellow-crowned night-heron | Pacific reef heron
(Eastern reef-egret)
(Nominate subspecies) | | Panama boat-billed heron nEU | | Philippine rufous night-heron EU | | Pied heron AU | Pinnated bittern
(South American bittern) | Purple heron
(No Subspecific status) EU ,AS | | Reddish egret NA,SA | Rufescent tiger-heron
(No Subspecific status) SA | Rufous night-heron
(Nankeen heron)
(No Subspecific status) AS,EU ,AU | | Snowy egret NA,SA | | South American night-heron | | South-east asian grey heron AS | | Southeast Asian green-backed heron | | Southern boat-billed heron EU | | Southern Rufescent tiger-heron | | Squacco heron nEU,EU ,AS | Striated heron
(South-American striated bittern)
(South-American little bittern) SA,NA | Stripe-backed bittern
(Streaked bittern) | Tricolored heron
(Louisiana heron) NA | Von Schrenck's bittern
(Schrenck's bittern) nEU | | Ward's heron | West African reef-egret
(West-african reef-heron) | Western cattle egret
(Buff-backed heron) EU ,AS,nEU,AF,NA,SA | Western great white egret
(Western great egret) EU ,nEU | Western reef egret
(Western reef-heron)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,AS,AU | | Whistling heron SA | White-backed night-heron
(Hooded night-heron) | White-crested tiger-heron
(White-crested bittern) | White-eared night-heron
(Hainan night-heron)
(Magnificent night-heron) AS | | White-faced Heron EU ,AU | White-necked heron
(Pacific heron) | Yellow-billed egret
(African intermediate egret) | Yellow-crowned night-heron
(Crowned night heron)
(No Subspecific status) NA,SA | Zigzag heron
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Black-headed heron
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Ardea melanocephala
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| | Number of Subspecies: | 00 | | Information Source for Taxonomy: | del Hoyo & Collar (2014) Illustrated Checklist of the Birds ot the World, Vol. 1, Non-passerines
| | Body length: | 85 - 96 cm | | Wingspan: | 150 - 160 cm | | Weight: | ca. 1,2 kg | | IUCN status: | LC (Least Concern)
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