Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
           Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
             Genus Egretta Forster, 1817
               01 Egretta alba (C. Linnaeus, 1758) see Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
               02 Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) - intermediate egret
               03 Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) - white-faced heron
               04 Egretta rufescens (Gmelin, 1789) - reddish egret
               05 Egretta tricolor (Statius Müller, 1776) - tricolored heron
               06 Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - little blue heron
               07 Egretta vinaceigula (Sharpe, 1895) - slaty egret
               08 Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) - black heron
               09 Egretta picata (Gould, 1845) - pied heron
               10 Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) - Pacific reef egret
               11 Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) - western reef egret
               12 Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) - little egret
               13 Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) - snowy egret
               14 Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860) - Chinese egret