Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
                   Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
                     Genus Egretta Forster, 1817
                       1 Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) - little egret
                       2 Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) - snowy egret
                       3 Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860) - Chinese egret
                       4 Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) - Pacific reef egret
                       5 Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) - western reef egret
                       6 Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914 - dimorphic egret