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Ardea herodius, great blue heron
large American heron having bluish-grey plumage
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Ardea occidentalis, great white heron
large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
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egret
any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
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Egretta caerulea, little blue heron
small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere
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night heron, night raven
nocturnal or crepuscular herons
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Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill
tropical American heron related to night herons
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bittern
relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
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Egretta thula, snowy egret, snowy heron
small New World egret
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Egretta garzetta, little egret
Old World egret
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Casmerodius albus, great white heron
widely distributed Old World white egret
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American egret, Egretta albus, great white heron
a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus
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Bubulcus ibis, cattle egret
small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
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Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heron
night heron of both Old and New Worlds
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Nyctanassa violacea, yellow-crowned night heron
North American night heron
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American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus, stake driver
a kind of bittern
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Botaurus stellaris, European bittern
a kind of bittern
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Ixobrychus exilis, least bittern
small American bittern
