Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (72 species) Again?
IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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Agami Heron (VU) i | Ardeidae | Agamia agami | MA, SA | e Mexico to Amazonia | |
American Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus lentiginosus | NA | widespread | MA and Caribbean |
Ascension Night Heron i | Ardeidae | Nycticorax olsoni | AO | Ascension I. | |
Australasian Bittern (VU) i | Ardeidae | Botaurus poiciloptilus | AU | far sw WA, se QLD to se SA and Tasmania (sw, se Australia), North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand), Ouvea (Loyalty Is.) and Grande Terre (New Caledonia; rare) | |
Bare-throated Tiger Heron i | Ardeidae | Tigrisoma mexicanum | MA, SA | Mexico to Colombia | |
Bermuda Night Heron (EX) i | Ardeidae | Nyctanassa carcinocatactes | AO | Bermuda | |
Black Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus flavicollis | OR, AU | widespread | |
Black Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta ardesiaca | AF | widespread s of the Sahara | |
Black-backed Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus dubius | AU | patchily in sc, nc, se New Guinea and far sw WA, ne WA to s VIC (sw, n, e Australia) | |
Black-crowned Night Heron i | Ardeidae | Nycticorax nycticorax | Worldwide | except AU | |
Black-headed Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea melanocephala | AF | widespread s of the Sahara | |
Boat-billed Heron i | Ardeidae | Cochlearius cochlearius | MA, SA | wc Mexico to ne Argentina | |
Capped Heron i | Ardeidae | Pilherodius pileatus | MA, SA | e Panama to se Brazil | |
Chinese Egret (VU) i | Ardeidae | Egretta eulophotes | PAL | coastal Russian Far East and Korean Pen. to e China | se OR : s to coastal Vietnam through Philippines and w, c Indonesia |
Chinese Pond Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardeola bacchus | OR | Assam (ne India) and n Myanmar through Russian Far East, Japan and s China | Andaman Is. e to Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) s to Greater Sundas |
Cinnamon Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | OR, PAL | Pakistan and Maldives through se, e Asia to e China, Ryukyu Is. (s Japan), s to Philippines and w, c, Indonesian Arch. | |
Cocoi Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea cocoi | SA | widespread | |
Dimorphic Egret i | Ardeidae | Egretta dimorpha | AF | e, Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel), Aldabra group (sw Seychelles) and Madagascar | |
Dwarf Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus sturmii | AF | widespread | |
Eastern Cattle Egret i U | Ardeidae | Bubulcus coromandus | OR | s, e Asia and Australasia | |
Eurasian Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus stellaris | PAL | widespread | AF, n OR |
Fasciated Tiger Heron i | Ardeidae | Tigrisoma fasciatum | MA, SA | Costa Rica to n Bolivia and se SA | |
Forest Bittern (NT) i | Ardeidae | Zonerodius heliosylus | AU | Salawati (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and New Guinea | |
Goliath Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea goliath | AF, PAL | widespread in Africa s of the Sahara, Iran and Iraq to India | |
Great Blue Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea herodias | NA, MA | widespread | |
Great Egret i | Ardeidae | Ardea alba | NA, SA, AF, PAL, OR, AU | worldwide | |
Great-billed Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea sumatrana | OR, AU | se Asia and w Philippines to n Australia and New Guinea | |
Green Heron i | Ardeidae | Butorides virescens | NA, MA | e, c USA to Panama | |
Grey Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea cinerea | PAL, AF, OR | widespread | |
Humblot's Heron (EN) i | Ardeidae | Ardea humbloti | AF | w, c Madagascar | |
Indian Pond Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardeola grayii | PAL, OR | Persian Gulf to Myanmar and Maldives | |
Intermediate Egret i | Ardeidae | Ardea intermedia | OR, AF, AU | widespread | |
Japanese Night Heron (VU) i | Ardeidae | Gorsachius goisagi | PAL | Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu (c, s Japan), Jeju (off s Korean Pen.) and Taiwan | Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) to Philippines |
Javan Pond Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardeola speciosa | OR | Thailand through Philippines, Sulawesi region and Lesser Sundas | |
Lava Heron i | Ardeidae | Butorides sundevalli | SA | Galápagos | |
Least Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus exilis | NA, MA, SA | e, sw USA to se Brazil | |
Little Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus minutus | PAL, AF | s, c Europe to c Asia, nw India and Africa | |
Little Blue Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta caerulea | NA, MA, SA | se USA to s Brazil | |
Little Egret i | Ardeidae | Egretta garzetta | PAL, AF, OR, AU | widespread | |
Malagasy Pond Heron (EN) i U | Ardeidae | Ardeola idae | AF | Madagascar and Aldabra I. | c, e AF |
Malayan Night Heron i | Ardeidae | Gorsachius melanolophus | OR | W Ghats (sw India), ne India through se Asia and se China to Philippines, Peleng (Banggai Is., e of Sulawesi) | to Sri Lanka, Greater Sundas |
Mauritius Night Heron (EX) i | Ardeidae | Nycticorax mauritianus | IO | Mauritius (c Mascarenes) | |
Nankeen Night Heron i | Ardeidae | Nycticorax caledonicus | AU | widespread | |
New Zealand Bittern (EX) i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus novaezelandiae | AU | South I. (New Zealand) | |
Pacific Reef Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta sacra | OR, AU | coastal s Bangladesh and Andaman Is. to Ryukyu Is. (s Japan), Australasia (except s outlying is.), Melanesia to Tuamotu Arch. (e Polynesia) | |
Pied Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta picata | AU | Sulawesi and ne WA to ne QLD (n Australia) | |
Pinnated Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus pinnatus | MA, SA | e Mexico to ne Argentina | |
Purple Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea purpurea | PAL, OR, AF | widespread | |
Reddish Egret (NT) i | Ardeidae | Egretta rufescens | NA, MA | s USA and Caribbean | |
Reunion Night Heron (EX) i | Ardeidae | Nycticorax duboisi | IO | Réunion (w Mascarenes) | |
Rodrigues Night Heron (EX) i | Ardeidae | Nycticorax megacephalus | IO | Rodrigues (e Mascarenes) | |
Rufescent Tiger Heron i | Ardeidae | Tigrisoma lineatum | MA, SA | widespread | |
Rufous-bellied Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardeola rufiventris | AF | Uganda and s Kenya to s Angola, n Botswana and e South Africa | |
Slaty Egret (VU) i | Ardeidae | Egretta vinaceigula | AF | Zambia to ne Namibia, n Botswana and w Zimbabwe | |
Snowy Egret i | Ardeidae | Egretta thula | NA, MA, SA | widespread | |
Squacco Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardeola ralloides | PAL, AF | widespread | |
Striated Heron i | Ardeidae | Butorides striata | SA, PAL, AF, AU | widespread | |
Stripe-backed Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus involucris | SA | Colombia to Suriname, s Bolivia and s Brazil to c Chile and c Argentina | |
Tricolored Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta tricolor | NA, MA, SA | se USA to n SA | |
Von Schrenck's Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | PAL | se Siberia, Korean Pen., Japan and e China | Malay Pen. to Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Philippines |
Western Cattle Egret i | Ardeidae | Bubulcus ibis | PAL, AF, NA, MA, SA | s Europe to Iran, Africa, Indian Ocean Is., North to South America | |
Western Reef Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta gularis | AF, PAL, OR | w AF, ne AF to w India and Sri Lanka | |
Whistling Heron i | Ardeidae | Syrigma sibilatrix | SA | n, sc, se | |
White-backed Night Heron i | Ardeidae | Gorsachius leuconotus | AF | widespread | |
White-bellied Heron (CR) i | Ardeidae | Ardea insignis | OR | e Himalayas | |
White-crested Tiger Heron i | Ardeidae | Tigriornis leucolopha | AF | Senegal to Central African Republic and DR Congo | |
White-eared Night Heron i | Ardeidae | Gorsachius magnificus | OR | s, e China and n Vietnam | |
White-faced Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta novaehollandiae | AU | Timor (e Lesser Sundas), Australasia to New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga (sw, sc Polynesia) | to Java, n Sulawesi, s New Guinea and Solomon Is. |
White-necked Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea pacifica | AU | Australia | |
Yellow Bittern i | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus sinensis | PAL, IO, OR | Oman, Inner Is. (ne Seychelles), Pakistan and Sri Lanka through se Russia and Japan s to se Asia, Indonesian Arch., Philippines to w Micronesia | To s India, Andaman and Nicobar is. and Bismarck Arch. |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron i | Ardeidae | Nyctanassa violacea | NA, MA, SA | e USA to Peru and e Brazil | |
Zigzag Heron i | Ardeidae | Zebrilus undulatus | SA | Amazonia | |
89% 60 species of 72 (5 extinct).
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IUCN Status Codes |
EX | Extinct |
EW | Extinct in the wild |
CR | Critically Endangered |
EN | Endangered |
VU | Vulnerable |
NT | Near Threatened |
LC | Least Concern |
DD | Data deficient |
NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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Breeding Range Codes |
AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
AN | Antarctica |
AO | Atlantic Ocean |
AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
IO | Indian Ocean |
LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
NO | Northern oceans |
OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
PO | Pacific Ocean |
SA | South America |
SO | Southern oceans |
TO | Temperate oceans |
TrO | Tropical oceans |
Worldwide | Worldwide |
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