includes egrets, herons, and bitterns

around 18 genera (9 depicted)

around 64 species worldwide (18 depicted)

Species on page

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)

White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

Great egret (Ardea alba)

White-necked heron (Ardea cocoi)

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Green heron (Butorides virescens)

Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli)

Striated heron (Butorides striata)

Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), aka Soco-Boi

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Bittern (Botaurus)

Snowy

Snowy on top

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
November 28, 2012
Shark Valley, Florida

Yellow below

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
November 28, 2012
Shark Valley, Florida

Snowy reflected

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
November 28, 2012
Shark Valley, Florida

Snowy casts a long shadow

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Santa Cruz
January 11 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Snowy crab grab

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Santa Cruz
January 11 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Phosphate dreams: snowy egret meets Snowy detergent

Snowy egret
Family: Ardeidae
Byxbee Park
January 1, 2007
Canon D30

Snowy

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Snowy

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Snowy

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Snowy in Palo Alto

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Palo Alto Baylands
December 17, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Palo Alto Baylands
Decemebr 15, 2020
Canon 7D markII

Snowy reflections
reflections of the snowy on the water and of the water on the snowy

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Palo Alto Baylands
December 18, 2020
Canon 7D markII

Snowy

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Shoreline Park
December 30, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Snowy

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
July 5, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Aloft

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Livingstone water works
Livingstone, Zambia
Canon 7Dmark2

Tricolored

Patriotic heron

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Boyton Beach
November 27, 2012

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Florida, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)
Family: Ardeidae
Florida, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)

Blue with blue

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Fairchild Tropical Garden, Florida
October 25, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Oleta, Florida
October 13, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Immature

Immature little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Sebastian Inlet State Park
Vero Beach
April 27, 2015

White-faced

White-faced heron

White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
September 14, 2015
Tessellated pavements, Tasmania

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great blue heron

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Green Cay
Florida
2011

Great blue heron goes for the ultimate jump shot

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Sanibel Island
Florida
August 22, 2011

Wakodahatchee

Mating blues

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Wakodahatchee
Delray Beach, Florida
December 2, 2012

Searching for baby turtles

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

Blue fish

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Palo Alto Baylands
February 24, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Great blue heron

Great blue heron ()
Family: Ardeidae
Galápagos
July 7, 2017
Canon 7Dmarkii

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Emily Renzel Wetlands
December 30, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Herontheground

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Campus Drive loop
Near the Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
With Photographing Nature class
January 5, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Big bird

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Williams Island, Florida
October 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
Campus Drive loop
Near the Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
January 5, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae
Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae)
Family: Geomyidae
Arboretum
May 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Great egret (Ardea alba)

Great egret

Great Egret (Ardea alba) Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
The Deering Estate, Florida
October 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

This has gotta hurt

Great Egret (Ardea alba) with Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
The Stanford Dish
March, 2014

Great Egret (Ardea alba) Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Palo Alto Baylands
May 3, 2020
Canon 7D markII

Great flight

Great Egret (Ardea alba) Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Merced National Wildlife Reserve
January 18, 2021
Canon EOS 7D Mark II

White-necked

Cocoi heron (white-necked heron)

White-necked heron (Ardea cocoi)
Family: Ardeidae
among the water hyacinth
The Pantanal

Grey heron

Grey heron

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
Family: Ardeidae
St. Stephens Green
Dublin, Ireland
September 6, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Family: Ardeidae
Tanzania
August 5, 2004

Black-crowned

What herons look like at night

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Wakodahatchee
December 2, 2012
Delray Beach, Florida

Night comes a callin'

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
My yard, Arcadia Place
I find it amazing how similar these two pictures are. One was taken in Northern California, the other in Florida.

Night descends upon our pool

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
My yard, Arcadia Place
January 14, 2007
Canon 30D

Crowned

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Don Edwards National Shoreline
Alviso Area
November 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Crowned

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Don Edwards National Shoreline
Alviso Area
November 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Stanford Quad
February 12, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Stanford Quad
February 12, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Stanford Quad
February 12, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Stanford Quad
February 12, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Juvenile at night

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Shoreline Park
July 8, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Yellow-crowned night heron

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Family: Ardeidae
Snorkeling
Manatee Tour and Dive outing
Crystal River, Florida
April 29, 2015
Canon D10 Waterproof point and shoot

Crown of yellow

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
West Lake
Hollywood, Florida
October 6, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Bedayed

Yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
The Deering Estate, Florida
October 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Rough night

Yellow-crowned night heron
Family: Ardeidae
Fish market
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015

Yellow crowned night heron - in the day without crown

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Family: Ardeidae
Galápagos

Stare down

Juvenile yellow crowned night heron
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Galaacute;pagos
July 31, 2015

Rufescent

And boy is he pissed.

Squacco heron

Papyrus perch

Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)

Squacco?

Green Heron Butorides virescens)

Green

Immature green heron
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Green Cay
April 30, 2015

Heron head

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Green Cay, Florida
April 1, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
June 17, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
June 17, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
July 1, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
November 12, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli)

Lava heron

Butorides sundevalli
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Floreana, Galápagos
July 29, 2010

Striated heron (Butorides striata)

Striated

Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

Striated

Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

Cattle egret

Cattle egret in mangrove

Cattle egret
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

Cattle egrets scissored

Cattle egret
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

Cattle egret

Cattle egret
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

Parent and offspring

Cattle egrets
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

Bovine buddy

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Hollywood, Florida

Zebu egret

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Diego Suarez, Madagascar
July 3, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Bittern

Bittern hiding

Bittern (Botaurus)
Family: Ardeidae
Subfamily: Botaurinae
Green Cay, Florida
April 1, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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