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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Ardeidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Ardeidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Afghanistan Species List, SailinSteve, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, INBio, IABIN, Afghanistan Species List, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Barbados Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bermuda Species List, Bhutan Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Bosnia and Herzegovina Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Brunei Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Curacao Species List, Cyprus Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Djibouti Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Estonia Species List, British Virgin Islands Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Falkland Islands Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Grenada Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guernsey Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Honduras Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kosovo Species List, Kuwait Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Liechtenstein Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Macau Species List, Macedonia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mali Species List, Malta Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mayotte Species List, Moldova Species List, Monaco Species List, Mongolia Species List, Montenegro Species List, Montserrat Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Niue Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, North Korean Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Palestine Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Qatar Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Reunion Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saint Barthelemy Species List, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Saint Martin Species List, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Species List, Samoa Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Sint Maarten Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tibet Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tonga Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Wallis et Futuna Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Finland Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Azov Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Marmara Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, and Flickr BHL

Alternative Names

? amissa Milne-Edwards, 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? similis Fraas, 1870
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ardeagrandis Kurockin & Ganea 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bulbulcus Bonaparte 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cancroma Linnaeus 1766
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Casmerodius Gloger 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cepphus Wagler 1827
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Demigretta Blyth 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Egretta Brisson 1760
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eoceornis Shufeldt 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Erythocnus Sharpe 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Goisakius Gray 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heterocnus Sharpe 1895
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mesophoyx Sharpe 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myola Mathews 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nyctanassa Stejneger 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nycticorax Forster 1817
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proherodius Lydekker 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tonophoyx Mathews 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zeltornis Balouet 1981
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

herons
Recognized by admin
herons and bitterns preferred
Heron
Recognized by Flickr BHL

Afrikaans

Reier preferred
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Albanian

Çafka preferred
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Arabic

بلشونيات preferred
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Armenian

Տառեղներ preferred
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Azerbaijani

Vağlar preferred
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Basque

Koartza preferred
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Belarusian

чаплевыя preferred
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Bengali

বক preferred
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Bosnian

Čaplja preferred
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Breton

Kerc'heiz preferred
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Bulgarian

чаплови preferred
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Burmese

ဗျိုင်းနှင့် အလားတူငှက်များ preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

Ardeid preferred
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Chinese

鹭科 preferred
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Chuvash

Чарлан йышшисем preferred
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Croatian

Čaplje preferred
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Czech

volavkovití preferred
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Danish

hejrer preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

reigers preferred
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Esperanto

Ardeedoj preferred
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Estonian

Haigurlased preferred
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Finnish

Haikarat preferred
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Galician

Garzas preferred
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Georgian

ყანჩისებრნი preferred
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German

Reiher preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Ερωδιίδαι preferred
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Guarani

Guyratĩ preferred
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Gujarati

બગલો preferred
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Hebrew

אנפתיים preferred
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Hindi

बगुला preferred
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Hungarian

gémfélék preferred
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Icelandic

Hegri preferred
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Ido

Herono preferred
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Indonesian

kuntul preferred
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Japanese

サギ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Javanese

Kuntul preferred
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Kabardian Circassian

Псыхэуэ лъэпкъыр preferred
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Kannada

ಕಬ್ಬಾರೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿ preferred
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Kazakh

Құтандар preferred
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Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Кытандар preferred
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Korean

왜가리과 preferred
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Kurdish

Masîxwar preferred
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Latin

Ardea preferred
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Latvian

Gārņu dzimta preferred
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Ligurian

Perdigiurni preferred
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Lingua Franca Nova

Ardide preferred
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Lithuanian

Garniniai preferred
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Livvi

Haigarit preferred
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Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Räeren preferred
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Macedonian

Чапји preferred
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Malayalam

കൊക്ക് preferred
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Marathi

सारंग preferred
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Min Dong

Lô-sĭ preferred
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Nepali

बकुल्लो preferred
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North Frisian

Heegern preferred
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Norwegian

hegrefamilien preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Кæсаглас preferred
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Persian

حواصیل preferred
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Polish

Czaplowate preferred
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Pushto; Pashto

بغ preferred
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Quechua

Waqar preferred
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Egretă preferred
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Russian

цаплевые preferred
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Rusyn

Чаплёвы preferred
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Sakha

Аҥырдыҥылар кэргэннэрэ preferred
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Santali

ᱠᱚᱸᱜ preferred
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Serbian

чапље preferred
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Shambala

Čaplje preferred
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Slovak

Volavkovité preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

čaplje preferred
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Sundanese

Kuntul preferred
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Swahili

Kingoyo preferred
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Swedish

hägrar preferred
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Tagalog

Bakaw preferred
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Tamil

ஹெரான் preferred
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Tatar

Челән кошлар preferred
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Thai

วงศ์นกยาง preferred
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Turkish

Balıkçılgiller preferred
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Udmurt

Гырпум preferred
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Uighur; Uyghur

قاقىرا preferred
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Ukrainian

чаплеві preferred
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Unspecified

Sabaku preferred
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बकुला preferred
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ब्वह preferred
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Urdu

بگلا preferred
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Vietnamese

Họ Diệc preferred
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Welsh

Crehyrod preferred
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Western Frisian

Reagers preferred
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Wu

鹭科 preferred
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Arz

بلشونيات preferred
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Azb

بالیقچیل کیمی‌لر preferred
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Bcl

Talaod preferred
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Ckb

شاوە preferred
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En Gb

Heron preferred
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Frp

Hègron preferred
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Lzh

preferred
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Nds Nl

Reigers preferred
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Pnb

بگلا preferred
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Yue

preferred
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Zh Cn

鹭科 preferred
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Zh Hans

鹭科 preferred
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Zh Hant

鷺科 preferred
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Zh Tw

鷺科 preferred
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