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Kingdom - Animals -
Animalia
Phylum - Vertebrates -
Craniata
Class - Birds -
Aves
Order - Pelicans / Herons / Bitterns / Ibises -
Pelecaniformes
Family - Bitterns / Egrets / Herons / Night-Herons -
Ardeidae
Species
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Other Names:
Species of Concern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
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Species of Concern
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
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Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
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Great Egret
Ardea alba
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Green Heron
Butorides virescens
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Accidental Species
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
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Accidental Species
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Other Names:
Accidental Species
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Other Names:
Accidental Species
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