Big Zigzag - Drilldown into Families
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (Ardeidae)
13 members seen during BigZZ, 2 lifers. My global status of this 74 species family is 51 (69%).
Genus level:
- Bittern (Botaurus) – 2 seen, 2 lifers (Australasian, Black-backed Bittern). 14 sp. genus globally.
- Night Heron (Nycticorax) – 2 seen, 2 lifers (Nankeen Night Heron). 8 sp. genus globally.
- Heron/Eggret (Egretta) – 4 seen (Pacific Reef-Heron, Little Egret, White-faced Heron). 12 sp. genus globally.
- Heron (Butorides) – 1 seen (Striated Heron). 2 sp. genus globally
- Egret/Heron (Aredea) – 5 seen (Eastern Cattle-Egret, Pacific Heron, Great Egret, Plumed Egret, Great-billed Heron). 16 sp. genus globally.
