Herons, Ibises, Pelicans and relatives
This section contains the species and subspecies currently documented in Herons, Ibises, Pelicans and relatives.
Ardeidae
Great egret — Ardea alba egretta
Eastern great egret — Ardea alba modesta
Grey heron — Ardea cinerea jouyi
Eastern cattle egret — Ardea coromanda
Great blue heron — Ardea herodias wardi
Intermediate egret — Ardea intermedia
Purple heron — Ardea purpurea manilensis
Great-billed heron — Ardea sumatrana sumatrana
Chinese pond-heron — Ardeola bacchus
Malagasy pond-heron — Ardeola idae
Javan pond-heron — Ardeola speciosa continentalis
Javan pond-heron — Ardeola speciosa speciosa
Striated heron — Butorides striata javanica
Green heron — Butorides virescens virescens
Boat-billed heron — Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis
Little blue heron — Egretta caerulea
Little egret — Egretta garzetta garzetta
Western reef-egret — Egretta gularis schistacea
Snowy egret — Egretta thula thula
Yellow-crowned night-heron — Nyctanassa violacea violacea
Rufous night-heron — Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis
Black-crowned night-heron — Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
Black-crowned night-heron — Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Balaenicipitidae
Pelecanidae
Australian pelican — Pelecanus conspicillatus
Dalmatian pelican — Pelecanus crispus
American white pelican — Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown pelican — Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Brown pelican — Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Great white pelican — Pelecanus onocrotalus
Spot-billed pelican — Pelecanus philippensis
Pink-backed pelican — Pelecanus rufescens
Scopidae
Hamerkop — Scopus umbretta umbretta
Threskiornithidae
Hadada ibis — Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris
Hadada ibis — Bostrychia hagedash hagedash
American white ibis — Eudocimus albus albus
Scarlet ibis — Eudocimus ruber
Southern bald ibis — Geronticus calvus
Northern bald ibis — Geronticus eremita
Roseate spoonbill — Platalea ajaja
Red-naped ibis — Pseudibis papillosa
African crested ibis — Threskiornis aethiopicus