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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Birds
  5. Pelicans, Herons, Ibises, and Allies
  6. Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
  7. Typical Herons and Egrets

subfamily

Typical Herons and Egrets

Ardeinae

Includes
10 native 8 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Typical Egrets 4 native
  • Great Herons 3 native
  • Green-backed Herons 1 native
  • Nycticorax Night Herons 1 native
  • Yellow-crowned and Bermuda Night Herons 1 native
  • Asian Night Herons
  • Capped Heron
  • Small Egrets and Herons × Typical Night Herons
  • Pond-Herons

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native typical herons and egrets All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 458,329 observations
  • Great Egret Ardea alba 419,979 observations
  • Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 181,633 observations
  • Snowy Egret Egretta thula 179,387 observations
  • Green Heron Butorides virescens 136,199 observations
  • Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis 100,262 observations
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea 85,292 observations
  • Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 80,256 observations
  • Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 60,196 observations
  • Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 20,374 observations

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