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Ardeinae
Ardea modesta.jpg
Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Subfamily: Ardeinae
Genera

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Ardeinae is a subfamily of herons, which includes the day herons, night herons, and egrets.

Taxonomy

Extant Genera

Image Genus Living species
Nycticorax caledonicus - Sydney Olympic Park.jpg Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – typical night herons
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (7345190292).jpg Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887 – American night herons
Gorsachius melanolophus.jpg Gorsachius Bonaparte, 1855 – Asian and African night herons
GreenHeron Gam.jpg Butorides Blyth, 1852 – green-backed herons
Agami Heron (Agamia agami).jpg Agamia Reichenbach, 1853 – Agami heron
  • Agami heron, Agamia agami
Kappenreiher Pilherodius pileatus.jpg Pilherodius Reichenbach, 1853 – capped heron
Indian Pond Heron I2 IMG 1142.jpg Ardeola F. Boie, 1822 – pond herons
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) -Florida Keys2.jpg Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 – cattle egrets
  • Western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
  • Eastern cattle egret, Bubulcus coromandus
Ardea herodias standing on a rock at St. Pete Beach.JPG Ardea – typical herons
Whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix).JPG Syrigma Ridgway, 1878 – whistling heron
Egret (9331391838).jpg EgrettaT. Forster, 1817 – typical egrets

Fossils

  • Genus Proardea (fossil)
  • Genus Zeltornis (fossil, Early Miocene of Djebel Zelten, Libya)
  • Genus undetermined
    • Easter Island heron, Ardeidae gen. et sp. indet. (prehistoric)
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