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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
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Black-crowned Night Heron
        Nycticorax nycticorax
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Great Blue Heron
        Ardea herodias
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Great Egret
        Ardea alba
        Native Species
        
        Green Heron
        Butorides virescens
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Least Bittern
        Botaurus exilis
        
        Other Names: Ixobrychus exilis
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Little Blue Heron
        Egretta caerulea
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Snowy Egret
        Egretta thula
        Native Species
        
        Tricolored Heron
        Egretta tricolor
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Western Cattle-Egret
        Ardea ibis
        Native Species
        
        Yellow-crowned Night Heron
        Nyctanassa violacea
        Native Species
        Accidental Species

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