Ardeinae is a subfamily of herons, which includes the day herons, night herons, and egrets.[1][2]

Ardeinae
Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Subfamily: Ardeinae
Genera

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Taxonomy

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Extant Genera

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Image Genus Living species
  Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – typical night herons
  Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887 – American night herons
  Gorsachius Bonaparte, 1855 – Asian and African night herons
  Butorides Blyth, 1852 – green-backed herons
  Agamia Reichenbach, 1853 – Agami heron
  Pilherodius Reichenbach, 1853 – capped heron
  Ardeola F. Boie, 1822 – pond herons
  Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 – cattle egrets
  Ardea – typical herons
  Syrigma Ridgway, 1878 – whistling heron
  EgrettaT. Forster, 1817 – typical egrets

Fossils

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References

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  1. ^ Sheldon, Frederick H.; McCracken, Kevin G.; Stuebing, Keeley D. (1995). "Phylogenetic relationships of the zigzag heron (Zebrilus undulatus) and white-crested bittern (Tigriornis leucolophus) estimated by DNA-DNA hybridization" (PDF). Auk. 112 (3): 672–679. JSTOR 4088682.
  2. ^ Sheldon, Frederick H.; Jones, Clare E.; McCracken, Kevin G. (2000). "Relative Patterns and Rates of Evolution in Heron Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17 (3): 437–450. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026323. PMID 10723744. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-07.