- – Herons – Index
- Tigrisoma lineatum – Rufescent Tiger Heron (Brazil)
- Tigrisoma mexicanum – Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Costa Rica, Mexico)
- Cochlearius cochlearius – Boat-billed Heron (Costa Rica)
- Ixobrychus minatus – Little Bittern (Poland)
- Ixobrychus sinensis – Yellow Bittern (Sri Lanka)
- Nycticorax nycticorax – Black-crowned Night Heron (Hungary, Madagascar, Sri Lanka)
- Nyctanassa violacea – Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Costa Rica)
- Butorides striata – Striated Heron / Green-backed Heron (Brazil, Gambia, Sri Lanka)
- Ardeola ralloides – Squacco Heron (Gambia, Uganda)
- Ardeola grayii – Indian Pond Heron (Sri Lanka)
- Ardeola bacchus – Chinese Pond Heron (Thailand)
- Ardeola speciosa – Javan Pond Heron (Thailand)
- Bubulcus ibis – Cattle Egret (Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Uganda)
- Ardea cinerea – Grey Heron (Africa, Asia, Europe)
- Ardea herodias herodias – Great Blue Heron (Costa Rica)
- Ardea herodias occidentalis – Great White Heron (Venezuela)
- Ardea cocoi – Cocoi Heron (Brazil)
- Ardea melanocephala – Black-headed Heron (Uganda)
- Ardea humbolti – Madagascar Heron (Madagascar)
- Ardea goliath – Goliath Heron (Gambia, Kenya, Uganda)
- Ardea purpurea – Purple Heron (Sri Lanka)
- Ardea alba – Great White Egret (Africa, Americas, Europe)
- Ardea intermedia – Intermediate Egret (Sri Lanka)
- Syrigma sibilatrix – Whistling Heron (Brazil)
- Pilherodius pileatus – Capped Heron (Brazil)
- Egretta novaehollandiae – White-faced Heron (Australia)
- Egretta rufescens – Reddish Egret (Venezuela)
- Egretta ardesiaca – Black Heron (Gambia)
- Egretta tricolor – Tricolored Heron (Antigua, Costa Rica, Mexico)
- Egretta caerulea – Little Blue Heron (Antigua, Costa Rica, Mexico)
- Egretta thula – Snowy Egret (Mexico)
- Egretta garzetta – Little Egret (Ethiopia, Gambia, Hungary, Kenya, Namibia, Uganda)
- Egretta gularis – Western Reef Egret (Gambia)
- Egretta sacra – Pacific Reef Egret (Australia)
070 Ardeidae – Herons
Gallery Bird families 070 Ardeidae - Herons