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Order
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding subregions |
Nonbreeding subregions |
| - PELECANIFORMES |
| Black Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta ardesiaca | AF | widespread south of the Sahara |
| Chinese Egret (VU) i | Ardeidae | Egretta eulophotes | EU | e Asia |
| Dimorphic Egret i | Ardeidae | Egretta dimorpha | AF | e, Madagascar |
| Little Blue Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta caerulea | NA, MA, SA | se USA to s Brazil |
| Little Egret i | Ardeidae | Egretta garzetta | EU, AF, OR, AU | widespread |
| Pacific Reef Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta sacra | OR, AU | Southeast Asia to New Zealand |
| Pied Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta picata | AU | Sulawesi to n Australia |
| Reddish Egret (NT) i | Ardeidae | Egretta rufescens | NA, MA | s USA, Caribbean |
| Slaty Egret (VU) i U | Ardeidae | Egretta vinaceigula | AF | Zambia to ne Namibia, n Botswana and w Zimbabwe |
| Snowy Egret i | Ardeidae | Egretta thula | NA, MA, SA | widespread |
| Tricolored Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta tricolor | NA, MA, SA | se USA to n SA |
| Western Reef Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta gularis | AF, EU, OR | w AF, ne AF to w India, Sri Lanka |
| White-faced Heron i | Ardeidae | Egretta novaehollandiae | AU | widespread |
92% 12 species of 13 (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) |
| EU | 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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