#family_Ardeidae__Ardeidae herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
supertype: #bird_family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member of: #order_Ciconiiformes
member: #heron gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
member: #genus_Ardea__Ardea type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
member: #great_blue_heron__Ardea_herodius large American heron having bluish-gray plumage
member: #Ardea_occidentalis__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
member: #genus_Egretta__Egretta small Old and New World herons
member: #little_blue_heron__Egretta_caerulea small bluish gray heron of the western hemisphere
member: #snowy_egret__snowyegret__snowy_heron__snowyheron__Egretta_thula small New World egret
member: #little_egret__Egretta_garzetta Old World egret
member: #great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus widely distributed Old World white egret
member: #American_egret__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Egretta_albus the common American egret; a variety of the Old World Casmerodius albus
member: #genus_Casmerodius__Casmerodius white egrets
member: #great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus widely distributed Old World white egret
member: #genus_Bubulcus__Bubulcus small white egrets
member: #cattle_egret__Bubulcus_ibis small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
member: #genus_Nycticorax__Nycticorax Old World night herons
member: #black-crowned_night_heron__blackcrownednightheron__Nycticorax_nycticorax night heron of both Old and New Worlds
member: #genus_Nyctanassa__Nyctanassa American night herons
member: #yellow-crowned_night_heron__Nyctanassa_violacea North American night heron
member: #genus_Cochlearius__Cochlearius__cochleariu boatbills
member: #boatbill__boat-billed_heron__broadbill__Cochlearius_cochlearius tropical American heron related to night herons
member: #genus_Botaurus__Botaurus bitterns
member: #American_bittern__stake_driver__stakedriver__Botaurus_lentiginosus a kind of bittern
member: #European_bittern__Botaurus_stellaris a kind of bittern
member: #genus_Ixobrychus__Ixobrychus bitterns
member: #least_bittern__leastbittern__Ixobrychus_exilis small American bittern
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