Family Ardeidae: Herons and Bitterns

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus (1) Little Egret Egretta garzetta (3)
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis (3) Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus (3)
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (2)
Great Egret Ardea alba (2) Green Heron Butorides virescens
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia (3) Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (2)
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes (3)
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Last updated: November 25, 2007