Pelecaniformes
Pelicans & Relatives
Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns)
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
August 2017
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
August 2017
Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Chinese Pond-Heron
Ardeola bacchus
(Nonbreeding Plumage)
January 2023
Rot Fai Park, Bangkok, Thailand
Eastern Cattle Egret
Ardea coromanda
June 2022
Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
Goliath Heron
Ardea goliath
August 2017
Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
June 2022
Dublin, Ireland
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
May 2023
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
Great Egret
Ardea alba
(Adult)
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
Great Egret
Ardea alba
(Chicks)
April 2017
Orlando, Florida
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
April 2023
Huntley Meadows Park, Virginia
Javan Pond-Heron
Ardeola speciosa
(Breeding Plumage)
August 2023
Benchakitti Park, Bangkok, Thailand
Javan Pond-Heron
Ardeola speciosa
(Nonbreeding Plumage)
January 2023
Rot Fai Park, Bangkok, Thailand
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
August 2023
Benchakitti Park, Bangkok, Thailand
Medium Egret
Ardea intermedia
January 2023
Rot Fai Park, Bangkok, Thailand
Pied Heron
Egretta picata
(Adult)
November 2013
Kakadu National Park, Australia
Pied Heron
Egretta picata
(Chick)
November 2013
Kakadu National Park, Australia
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
June 2022
Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
August 2017
Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
(Adult)
December 2022
Green Cay Wetlands, Florida
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
(Chick)
April 2017
Orlando, Florida
Western Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
(Breeding Plumage)
June 2016
Santa Fe Island,
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Western Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
(Nonbreeding Plumage)
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
March 2024
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney,
Sydney, Australia
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
December 2022
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
(Galapagos subspecies)
June 2016
Española Island,
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Pelecanidae (Pelicans)
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
March 2013
Akumal, Mexico
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
(Galapagos subspecies)
June 2016
Española Island,
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
August 2017
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens
September 2013
Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Spot-billed Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis
June 2022
Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
Scopidae (Hamerkop)
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
September 2013
Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Threskiornithidae (Ibises & Spoonbills)
African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
August 2017
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
African Spoonbill
Platalea alba
August 2017
Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Australian Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
March 2024
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney,
Sydney, Australia
Black-faced Ibis
Theristicus melanopis
February 2014
El Calafate, Argentina
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
December 2022
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida
Hadada Ibis
Bostrychia hagedash
August 2017
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
Scarlet Ibis
Eudocimus ruber
February 2013
Caroni Swamp, Trinidad & Tobago
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
December 2022
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
(Nonbreeding Plumage)
January 2025
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas