Herons And Bitterns

Vingoyo ni ndege wakubwa wa jenasi mbalimbali za familia Ardeidae wenye domo refu na nyembamba lakini miguu mifupi kuliko spishi nyingine za familia hii. Hupinda shingo yao wakiruka angani. Spishi moja huitwa ngojamalika. Ndege hawa wana rangi nyeupe na nyeusi, nyekundu au ya manjano. Vingoyo hula samaki hasa. Hizi ni spishi zinazojificha ndani ya uoto. Hujenga matago yao kwa matawi juu ya miti au matete. Hata matago yamefichika kwa kawaida.

Spishi za Afrika

• Butorides striata, Ngojamalika (Striated Heron)
• Gorsachius leuconotus, Kingoyo Mgongo-mweupe (White-backed Night Heron)
• †Nycticorax duboisi, Kingoyo wa Réunion (Réunion Night Heron) imekwisha sasa (karne ya 18)
• †Nycticorax mauritianus, Kingoyo wa Morisi (Mauritius Night Heron) imekwisha sasa (mwisho wa karne ya 17)
• †Nycticorax megacephalus, Kingoyo wa Rodrigues (Rodrigues Night Heron) imekwisha sasa (kati ya karne ya 18)
• Nycticorax nycticorax, Kingoyo Utosi-mweusi (Black-crowned Night Heron)
• †Nycticorax olsoni, Kingoyo wa Ascension (Ascension Night Heron) imekwisha sasa (karne ya 16)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Butorides sundevalli (Lava Heron)
• Butorides virescens (Green Heron)
• Cochlearius cochlearius (Boat-billed Heron or Boatbill)
• †Nyctanassa carcinocatactes (Bermuda Night Heron) imekwisha sasa (karne ya 17)
• Nyctanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned Night Heron)
• Nycticorax caledonicus (Nankeen or Rufous Night Heron)
• Gorsachius goisagi (Japanese Night Heron)
• Gorsachius magnificus (White-eared Night Heron)
• Gorsachius melanolophus (Malayan Night Heron)

Spishi za kabla ya historia

• Nycticorax fidens (MMA, mwisho wa Miocene)
• Nycticorax kalavikai (Niue Night Heron) (Niue)
• Nycticorax sp. (‘Eua Night Heron) (Tonga)
• Nycticorax sp. (Lifuka Night Heron) (Tonga) - labda ni moja na spishi ya ‘Eua
• Nycticorax sp. (Faiyum, Misri, mwanzo wa Oligocene)

Picha

• Ngojamalika

• Kingoyo mgongo-mweupe

• Kingoyo utosi-mweusi

• Lava heron

• Green heron

• Boat-billed heron

• Bermuda night heron

• Yellow-crowned night heron

• Nankeen night heron

• Japanese night heron

• Malayan night heron