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
               01 Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) - intermediate egret
               02 Egretta picata (Gould, 1845) - pied heron
               03 Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) - white-faced heron
               04 Egretta rufescens (Gmelin, 1789) - reddish egret
               05 Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) - black heron
               06 Egretta vinaceigula (Sharpe, 1895) - slaty egret
               07 Egretta tricolor (Statius Müller, 1776) - tricolored heron
               08 Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - little blue heron
               09 Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) - snowy egret
               10 Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) - little egret
               11 Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) - western reef egret
               12 Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914 - dimorphic egret
               13 Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) - Pacific reef egret
               14 Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860) - Chinese egret