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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (118 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - PELECANIFORMES   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 (EX)  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  Shoebill (VU)  i    Balaenicipitidae    Balaeniceps rex  AF s Sudan, Uganda and sw Ethiopia to se DR Congo and n Zambia  American White Pelican i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos  NA inland sc British Columbia and ne Alberta to wc Ontario (sw, sc Canada) to c California and Texas (sw, sc USA) inland s USA to nw Central America  Australian Pelican i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus conspicillatus  AU inland Australia and Tasmania to New Guinea region, Java and Sulawesi  Brown Pelican i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus occidentalis  NA, MA, SA coastal s California to Ecuador including Galápagos (e Pacific Ocean); Maryland through Caribbean (w North Atlantic Ocean) n to sw coastal British Columbia, s to n Peru  Dalmatian Pelican (NT)  i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus crispus  PAL inland se Europe to Kazakhstan and w Mongolia, s to Turkey and Xinjiang (w China) inland to e Mediterranean Sea, n Persian Gulf region, sub-Himalayan India and se China  Great White Pelican i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus onocrotalus  PAL, AF patchily inland e Europe to e Kazakhstan; Sub-Saharan Africa to Africa and n India  Peruvian Pelican (NT)  i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus thagus  SA coastal n Peru to c Chile  Pink-backed Pelican i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus rufescens  AF inland se Egypt, w, sw Arabian Pen., and Africa s of the Sahara; formerly also Madagascar and St. Joseph's Atoll (Amirantes group, nc Seychelles)  Spot-billed Pelican (NT)  i    Pelecanidae    Pelecanus philippensis  OR inland se India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and (?) Sumatra; extinct Philippines  Hamerkop i    Scopidae    Scopus umbretta  AF also sw Arabian Pen.  African Sacred Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Threskiornis aethiopicus  AF Africa s of the Sahara, Iraq  African Spoonbill i    Threskiornithidae    Platalea alba  AF widespread s of the Sahara  American White Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Eudocimus albus  NA, MA, SA s USA, Caribbean and n SA  Andean Ibis (NT)  i    Threskiornithidae    Theristicus branickii  SA Andes of Ecuador to n Chile and n Bolivia  Australian White Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Threskiornis molucca  AU Wallacea, New Guinea, Australia and Solomon Is.  Bare-faced Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Phimosus infuscatus  SA widespread  Black-faced Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Theristicus melanopis  SA sw Peru, w Chile and s Argentina  Black-faced Spoonbill (EN)  i    Threskiornithidae    Platalea minor  PAL ne Russia, Korean Pen. and ne China mainly n Vietnam, s China and Taiwan  Black-headed Ibis (NT)  i    Threskiornithidae    Threskiornis melanocephalus  OR India, se Asia, se Sumatra and n Java (where now rare)  Buff-necked Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Theristicus caudatus  SA widespread  Crested Ibis (EN)  i    Threskiornithidae    Nipponia nippon  PAL ne China  Eurasian Spoonbill i    Threskiornithidae    Platalea leucorodia  AF, PAL, OR widespread  Giant Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Pseudibis gigantea  OR s Vietnam and Cambodia  Glossy Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Plegadis falcinellus  Worldwide but disjunctly s Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, c, s Asia to Philippines, Sulawesi, Java and Australia; also e and Gulf coasts of N America, Caribbean and n Venezuela  Green Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Mesembrinibis cayennensis  MA, SA Honduras to se Brazil and ne Argentina  Hadada Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Bostrychia hagedash  AF widespread  Madagascar Ibis (NT)  i    Threskiornithidae    Lophotibis cristata  AF Madagascar (except c, far s)  Malagasy Sacred Ibis (EN)  i    Threskiornithidae    Threskiornis bernieri  AF Aldabra (sw Seychelles) and Madagascar  Northern Bald Ibis (EN)  i    Threskiornithidae    Geronticus eremita  AF coastal wc Morocco; nearly extinct c Syria; semicaptive in sc Turkey; formerly much more widespread; now reintroduced locally in c, s Europe  Olive Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Bostrychia olivacea  AF w, c, e  Plumbeous Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Theristicus caerulescens  SA ne Bolivia and s Brazil to ne Argentina and Uruguay  Puna Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Plegadis ridgwayi  SA n Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina  Red-naped Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Pseudibis papillosa  OR India, Pakistan and Nepal  Reunion Ibis (EX)  i    Threskiornithidae    Threskiornis solitarius †† †  IO Réunion (w Mascarenes)  Roseate Spoonbill i    Threskiornithidae    Platalea ajaja  NA, MA, SA s USA to n Argentina  Royal Spoonbill i    Threskiornithidae    Platalea regia  AU sc New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania, coastal North and South Is. (New Zealand) to Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Tasmania, s Solomon Is. and New Caledonia  Sao Tome Ibis (CR)  i    Threskiornithidae    Bostrychia bocagei  AF São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea is.)  Scarlet Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Eudocimus ruber  SA n, e Colombia and e Ecuador to ne Brazil  Sharp-tailed Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Cercibis oxycerca  SA e Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and n Brazil  Southern Bald Ibis (VU)  i    Threskiornithidae    Geronticus calvus  AF South Africa  Spot-breasted Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Bostrychia rara  AF Sierra Leone to Ghana, s Nigeria to Gabon and s DR Congo  Straw-necked Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Threskiornis spinicollis  AU Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea), near Port Moresby (se New Guinea), Australia and Tasmania  Wattled Ibis i U    Threskiornithidae    Bostrychia carunculata  AF montane Eritrea and Ethiopia  White-faced Ibis i    Threskiornithidae    Plegadis chihi  NA, MA, SA c USA to c Argentina  White-shouldered Ibis (CR)  i    Threskiornithidae    Pseudibis davisoni  OR s Indochina and Borneo  Yellow-billed Spoonbill i    Threskiornithidae    Platalea flavipes  AU Australia (except Tasmania) 89%   99 species of 118 (7 extinct).   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.   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