Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
         Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
           Subfamily Ardeinae Leach, 1820
             Genus Egretta Forster, 1817
               Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) - western reef egret
                 Egretta gularis schistacea (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828) - Arabian reef-egret