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Herons, egrets and bitterns | Ardeidae

Reigers | Garzas y avetoros

Native species 14 species

Species that occur here by nature: breeding birds, winter visitors and passage migrants. They are arranged by genus, in the sequence of the list.

Ardea 5 species

Great Egret
Ardea alba
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Tidal flats, estuaries and lagoons
- Rivers and creeks
Eastern Cattle Egret
Ardea coromanda
- Pasture and rangeland
- Cropland and orchard
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
White-necked Heron
Ardea pacifica
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Claypan and ephemeral lake
- Pasture and rangeland
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Rivers and creeks
Plumed Egret
Ardea plumifera
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Tidal flats, estuaries and lagoons
- Paperbark swamp forest
Great-billed Heron
Ardea sumatrana
- Mangrove
- Tidal flats, estuaries and lagoons
- Rivers and creeks
- Rocky shore and sea cliff

Botaurus 3 species

Butorides 1 species

Little Heron
Butorides atricapilla
- Mangrove
- Tidal flats, estuaries and lagoons
- Rivers and creeks

Egretta 4 species

Nycticorax 1 species

Nankeen Night Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Rivers and creeks
- Mangrove
- Gardens and parks

Vagrants 1 species

Ardea 1 species

Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
- Tidal flats, estuaries and lagoons
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Rivers and creeks