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Family: Ardeidae
herons, egrets, bitterns

Great Egret
(Egretta alba)

Little Egret
(Egretta garzetta)

Intermediate Egret
(Egretta intermedia)

Slaty Egret
(Egretta vunaceigula)

Purple Heron
(Ardea purpurea)

Western Cattle Egret
(Bubulcus ibis)

Black Heron
(Egretta ardesiaca)

Goliath Heron
(Ardea goliath)

Striated Heron
(Butroides striata)

Black-headed Heron
(Ardea melanocephala)

Grey Heron
(Ardea cinerea)

Squacco Heron
(Ardeola ralloides)

Rufous-bellied Heron
(Ardeola rufiventris)

White-backed Night Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax(

Dwarf Bittern
(Ixobrychus sturmii)

Black-crowned Night Heron
(Gorsachius leuconotus_

Little Bittern
(Ixobrychus minutus)

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