Ardeinae is a subfamily of , which includes the , , and .[
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Taxonomy
Extant Genera
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Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
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Nankeen night heron or rufous night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus
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Rodrigues night heron, Nycticorax megacephalus (extinct)
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Réunion night heron, Nycticorax duboisi (extinct)
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Mauritius night heron, Nycticorax mauritianus (extinct)
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Ascension night heron, Nycticorax olsoni (extinct)
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Niue night heron, Nycticorax kalavikai (prehistoric)
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Yellow-crowned night heron, Nyctanassa violacea
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Bermuda night heron, Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
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Japanese night heron, Gorsachius goisagi
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Malayan night heron, Gorsachius melanolophus
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Indian pond heron, Ardeola grayii
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Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides
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Chinese pond heron, Ardeola bacchus
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Javan pond heron, Ardeola speciosa
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Malagasy pond heron, Ardeola idae
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Rufous-bellied heron, Ardeola rufiventris
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Western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
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Eastern cattle egret, Bubulcus coromandus
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Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
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Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
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Goliath heron, Ardea goliath
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Cocoi heron, Ardea cocoi
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White-necked heron or Pacific heron, Ardea pacifica
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Black-headed heron, Ardea melanocephala
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Humblot's heron, Ardea humbloti
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White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis
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Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana
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Purple heron, Ardea purpurea
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Great egret or great white egret, Ardea alba
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Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia
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white-backed night heron, Calherodius leuconotus
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white-eared night heron, Oroanassa magnifica
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Pied heron, Egretta picata
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White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae
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Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
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Black heron, Egretta ardesiaca
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Slaty egret, Egretta vinaceigula
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Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor – also known as Louisiana heron
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Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea
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Snowy egret, Egretta thula
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Little egret, Egretta garzetta
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Western reef heron, Egretta gularis
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Dimorphic egret, Egretta dimorpha
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Pacific reef heron, Egretta sacra – also known as Pacific reef egret or eastern reef heron
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Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes
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Egretta subfluvia, (Late Miocene or Early Pliocene)
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Fossils
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Genus Proardea (fossil)
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Genus Zeltornis (fossil, Early Miocene of Djebel Zelten, Libya)
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Genus undetermined
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Easter Island heron, Ardeidae gen. et sp. indet. (prehistoric)
