Genus: Ardea
Description
Herons and Egrets from around the world.
Taxonomy
Ardea is a genus in the family Ardeidae.
Several of the species included here have in the past been placed in other genera, for example the Cattle Egrets were in Bubulcus.
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| A. ibis | Western Cattle Egret | ||
| A. coromandus | Eastern Cattle Egret | ||
| A. pacifica | White-necked Heron | ||
| A. alba | Great Egret | ||
| A. brachyrhyncha | Yellow-billed Egret | ||
| A. intermedia | Medium Egret | ||
| A. plumifera | Plumed Egret | ||
| A. cinerea | Grey Heron | ||
| A. herodias | Great Blue Heron | ||
| A. cocoi | Cocoi Heron | ||
| A. purpurea | Purple Heron | ||
| A. humbloti | Humblot's Heron | ||
| A. insignis | White-bellied Heron | ||
| A. sumatrana | Great-billed Heron | ||
| A. melanocephala | Black-headed Heron | ||
| A. goliath | Goliath Heron | ||
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Ardea. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ardea
Pages in category ‘Ardea’
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
