Ardeidae

Ardeola bacchus Photo by Foozi Saad (Trek Nature) Common name:Chinese pond-heron (en); papa-ratos-da-China (pt); crabier chinois (fr); garcilla china (es); Bacchusreiher (de)Taxonomy:Order Ciconiiformes Family ArdeidaeRange:This species breeds throughout the eastern half of China, as well as in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and marginally into extreme south-eastern Russia. They migrate south to winter from southern China south to…

Syrigma sibilatrix Photo by Ken Erickson (Wikipedia) Common name:whistling heron (en); maria-faceira (pt); héron flûte-su-soleil (fr); garza chiflona (es); pfeifreiher (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily ArdeidaeRange:This South American species has two subspecies with disjunct distributions. S.s. fostersmithi is found in eastern Colombia and in northern and western Venezuela, while S.s. sibilatrix is found from Bolivia and adjacent western…

Egretta rufescens Photo by John Avise (Natural History of Orange County) Common name:reddish egret (en); garça-avermelhada (pt); aigrette roussâtre (fr); garceta rojiza (es); rötelreiher (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily ArdeidaeRange:This species is found along the coasts of the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and into northern Venezuela and Colombia.Size:These birds are 68-82 cm long and…

Botaurus poiciloptilus Photo by Marlene Lyell (Flickr) Common name:Australasian bittern (en); abetouro-australiano (pt); butor d’Australie (fr); avetoro australiano (es); Australische rohrdommel (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily ArdeidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of New Zealand, in New Caledonia and in Australia, in south-western Western Australia and from southern Queensland to Tasmania and south-eastern South Australia.Size:These birds are 66-76…