Herons, Ibises, Pelicans and relatives

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

Goliath heron — Ardea goliath

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

Pied heron — Egretta picata

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

Shoebill — Balaeniceps rex

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

Puna ibis — Plegadis ridgwayi

Red-naped ibis — Pseudibis papillosa

African crested ibis — Threskiornis aethiopicus

Black-headed ibis — Threskiornis melanocephalus

Straw-necked ibis — Threskiornis spinicollis