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Nature Photography by Paul Rebmann

Ardea herodias

Other Families in the Ciconiiformes Order

Animal Kingdom

Ardeidae - Herons & Bitterns

Genera and species of this family:

• Ardea - great herons
•   alba - GREAT EGRET
  
•   herodias - GREAT BLUE HERON
  


• Butorides - green-backed herons
•   virescens - GREEN HERON
  


• Egretta - plumed egrets
•   caerulea - LITTLE BLUE HERON
  
•   rufescens - REDDISH EGRET
  
•   thula - SNOWY EGRET
  
•   tricolor - TRICOLORED HERON
  


• Nyctanassa - American night herons
•   violacea - YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
  


• Nycticorax - old world night herons
•   nycticorax - BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
  



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