Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Ciconii see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
               Infraorder Ciconiides see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
                 Parvorder Ciconiida see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
                   Superfamily Ardeoidea Vigors, 1825 see Order Ardeiformes Wagler, 1830
                     Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
                       Genus Egretta Forster, 1817
                         01 Egretta rufescens (Gmelin, 1789) - reddish egret
                         02 Egretta vinaceigula (Sharpe, 1895) - slaty egret
                         03 Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) - black heron
                         04 Egretta tricolor (Statius Müller, 1776) - tricolored heron
                         05 Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) - white-faced heron
                         06 Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - little blue heron
                         07 Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) - little egret
                         08 Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) - western reef egret
                         09 Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914 - dimorphic egret
                         10 Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) - snowy egret
                         11 Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860) - Chinese egret
                         12 Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) - Pacific reef egret