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Herons, bitterns
Order:
Ciconiiformes
Family: Ardeida
62 species
Shores and marshes worldwide
Loose-textured plumage often with long filamentous plumes on head or back; bill usually long, pointed; neck long, foled in flight; legs and toes long; middle claw pectinate
Feed by seizing prey (fish, amphibians, small mammals, insects), often while wading
4-10 unmarked eggs; usually monogamous; colonial (herons) or solitary (bitterns, tiger-herons); usually biparental care
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor calling
Little Egret Egretta garzetta calling
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea calling
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea calling
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides calling
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris calling
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus calling
