- are long-legged, long-necked,
freshwater and
coastal birds in the
family Ardeidae, with 74
recognised species, some of
which are
referred to as
egrets or...
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order (suborder Pelecani). The
relationships between Pelecani,
herons (
Ardeidae) and
ibises and
spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) are unclear. The Fregatidae...
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Botaurus is a
genus of bitterns, a
group of
wading birds in the
heron family Ardeidae. The
genus includes species that were
previously placed in the
genus Ixobrychus...
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recognizes these 74
species of herons, egrets, and
bitterns in the
family Ardeidae. They are
distributed among 18 genera, some of
which have only one species...
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Bitterns are
birds belonging to the
subfamily Botaurinae of the
heron family Ardeidae.
Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more
secretive than
other members...
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absence of the
plumes typical in that genus. In his
review of the
family Ardeidae,
American ornithologist Walter J. Bock
placed the white-faced
heron into...
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About Birds.
Cornell University.
Retrieved 11
August 2015. Data
related to
Ardeidae at
Wikispecies Well
written and
illustrated Egret article Encyclopaedia...
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egret (formerly
genus Bubulcus) is a
cosmopolitan clade of
heron (family
Ardeidae) in the
genus Ardea found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate...
- black-headed
heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a
wading bird of the
heron family Ardeidae,
common throughout much of sub-Saharan
Africa and Madagascar. It is mainly...
- is a
member of the
heron family,
Ardeidae.
Traditionally classified with the
storks in the Ciconiiformes, the
Ardeidae are
closer relatives of pelicans...
