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Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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| Black-headed Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea melanocephala | AF | widespread s of the Sahara | |
| Cocoi Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea cocoi | SA | widespread | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret i U | Ardeidae | Ardea coromanda | OR | s, e Asia and Australasia | |
| 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 | |
| Grey Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea cinerea | PAL, AF, OR | widespread | |
| Humblot's Heron (EN) i | Ardeidae | Ardea humbloti | AF | w, c Madagascar | |
| Medium Egret i | Ardeidae | Ardea intermedia | PAL, OR | India to Japan and Greater Sundas | to Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) and Philippines |
| Plumed Egret i | Ardeidae | Ardea plumifera | OR | e Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia | |
| Purple Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea purpurea | PAL, OR, AF | widespread | |
| Western Cattle Egret i | Ardeidae | Ardea ibis | PAL, AF, NA, MA, SA | s Europe to Iran, Africa, Indian Ocean Is., North to South America | |
| White-bellied Heron (CR) i | Ardeidae | Ardea insignis | OR | e Himalayas | |
| White-necked Heron i | Ardeidae | Ardea pacifica | AU | Australia | |
| Yellow-billed Egret i | Ardeidae | Ardea brachyrhyncha | AF | Africa s of the Sahara | |
81% 13 species of 16 (0 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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