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Storks, Herons, Spoonbills (Ciconiiformes)
Australasian Bittern
Class: Aves Australasian Bittern
Order: Ciconiiformes Endangered
Staus: Endangered
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Botaurus
Species: poiciloptilus
The Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus, also known as the Brown Bittern, is found in south-western and south-eastern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Ouvea. Populations in Australia and New Zealand have declined in the 20th Century.
 
Australian White Ibis
Class: Aves Australian White Ibis
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Threskiornis
Species: molucca
The Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae, also known as the "Sheep bird". They are widespread in eastern and south western Australia.
 
Black Bittern
Class: Aves Black Bittern
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ixobrychus
Species: flavicollis
The Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis, is a bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in tropical Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances.
 
Black-crowned Night Heron
Class: Aves Black-crowned Night Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Nycticorax
Species: nycticorax
The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Eurasia, often just Night Heron; in North America, Black-crowned Night-Heron with a second hyphen), (Nycticorax nycticorax) is a medium-sized heron.
 
Black-necked Stork
Class: Aves Black-necked Stork
Order: Ciconiiformes Near Threatened
Staus: Near Threatened
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Ephippiorhynchus
Species: asiaticus
The Black-necked Stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species, which is a resident breeder in southern Asia and Australasia, from India east to New Guinea and the northern half of Australia. In Australia, it is also known as a Jabiru but should not be confused with the similar bird of this name from the Americas, which belongs to a different genus.
 
Cattle Egret
Class: Aves Cattle Egret
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: ibis
The Cattle Egret, (Bubulcus ibis), is a small white heron. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus.
 
Eastern Reef Egret
Class: Aves Eastern Reef Egret
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Egretta
Species: sacra
The Eastern Reef Egret, Egretta sacra also known as Pacific Reef Egret is a type of egret (a subclass of herons). They are found in many areas of Asia including the oceanic region of India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Polynesia, and in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
 
Glossy Ibis
Class: Aves Glossy Ibis
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Plegadis
Species: falcinellus
The Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.
 
Great Egret
Class: Aves Great Egret
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: alba
The Great Egret Ardea alba, also known as the Great White Egret, White Heron, or Common Egret, is a wading egret, found in most of the tropical and warmer temperate parts of the world, although it is very local in southern Europe and Asia. It is called Kōtuku in New Zealand. It should not be confused with the Great White Heron, which is a white morph of the Great Blue Heron found in Florida.
 
Great-billed Heron
Class: Aves Great-billed Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: sumatrana
The Great-billed Heron, Ardea sumatrana is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia. Its habitats are largely coastal such as islands, coral reefs, mangroves, large rivers. However, occasionally, they can be found inland in shallow ponds.
 
Intermediate Egret
Class: Aves Intermediate Egret
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: intermedia
The Intermediate Egret or Median[2], or Yellow-billed, Egret, (Ardea intermedia) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Two to five eggs are laid, the clutch size varying with region.
 
Little Bittern
Class: Aves Little Bittern
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ixobrychus
Species: minutus
The Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Australasia. Birds from temperate regions in Europe and western Asia are migratory, wintering in Africa and further south in Asia, while those nesting in the tropics are sedentary. It is rare north of its breeding range.
 
Little Egret
Class: Aves Little Egret
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Egretta
Species: garzetta
The Little Egret, Egretta garzetta is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.
 
Malayan Night Heron
Class: Aves Malayan Night Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Gorsachius
Species: melanolophus
The Malayan Night Heron, Gorsachius melanolophus also known as Malaysian Night Heron is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in south, east and southeast Asia, breeding in India, China and the Philippines.
 
Nankeen Night Heron
Class: Aves Nankeen Night Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Nycticorax
Species: caledonicus
The Nankeen Night Heron, Nycticorax caledonicus also commonly referred to as the Rufous Night Heron, and in Melanesia as Melabaob, is a medium-sized heron. It is found throughout much of Australia except the arid inland, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia.
 
Pied Heron
Class: Aves Pied Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: picata
The Pied Heron, Ardea picata, is found in coastal and subcoastal areas of monsoonal northern Australia as well as some parts of Wallacea and New Guinea.
 
Royal Spoonbill
Class: Aves Royal Spoonbill
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Platalea
Species: regia
The Royal Spoonbill, Platalea regia occurs in intertidal flats and shallows of fresh and saltwater wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. It has also been recorded as a vagrant in New Caledonia. The Royal Spoonbill feeds by sweeping its bill from side to side. It always flies with their head extended. Widespread throughout its large range, the Royal Spoonbill is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
 
Straw-necked Ibis
Class: Aves Straw-necked Ibis
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Threskiornis
Species: spinicollis
The Straw-necked Ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis, can be found throughout Australia, New Guinea, and parts of Indonesia. Adults have distinctive straw-like feathers on their neck.
 
Striated Heron
Class: Aves Striated Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Butorides
Species: striatus
The Striated Heron Butorides striatus also known as Mangrove Heron or Little Heron, is a small heron.
 
White-faced Heron
Class: Aves White-faced Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Egretta
Species: novaehollandiae
The White-faced Heron, Egretta novaehollandiae, (formerly Ardea novaehollandiae), often known incorrectly as the Grey Heron, is a common bird throughout most of Australasia, including New Guinea, the islands of Torres Strait, Indonesia, New Zealand, the islands of the sub-Antarctic, and all but the driest areas of Australia. It is a relatively small heron, pale, slightly bluish-grey in colour, with yellow legs and white facial markings. It can be found almost anywhere near shallow water, fresh or salt, and although it is prompt to depart the scene on long, slow-beating wings if disturbed, it will boldly raid suburban fish ponds.
 
White-necked Heron
Class: Aves White-necked Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: pacifica
The White-necked Heron, Ardea pacifica also known as the Pacific Heron is found throughout New Guinea and Australia, except for the most arid regions, and is a vagrant to New Zealand.
 
Yellow Bittern
Class: Aves Yellow Bittern
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ixobrychus
Species: sinensis
The Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in tropical Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Japan and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances. There is a single record from Britain, from Radipole Lake, Dorset on November 23rd 1962 and one in Alaska as well - however, the BOU have always considered this occurrence to be of uncertain provenance and currently it is not accepted as a genuine wild vagrant.
 
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Class: Aves Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Order: Ciconiiformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Platalea
Species: flavipes
The Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) occurs in shallows of fresh wetlands and occasionally on dry pasture. It often roosts in trees. Feeds by sweeping bill from side to side. They always fly with their head extended.
 
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