Birds in Focus - Species List

All Photos of Order Pelecaniformes (4 families, 68 species)

Threskiornithidae: Ibises and Spoonbills (21 species)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)		Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)		White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)		Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
Bare-faced Ibis (Phimosus infuscatus)		Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens)
Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus)		Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis)
African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)		Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)		Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
Red-naped Ibis (Pseudibis papillosa)		Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)		Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)		Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

Ardeidae: Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (41 species)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)		Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
Fasciated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)		Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
Agami Heron (Agamia agami)		American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis)		Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)		Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)		Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)		Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)		Slaty Egret (Egretta vinaceigula)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)		Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)		Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)		Pied Heron (Egretta picata)
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)		Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)		Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii)		Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)		Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
Pacific Heron (Ardea pacifica)		Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)		Plumed Egret (Ardea plumifera)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)		Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)		Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)		Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)

Scopidae: Hamerkop (1 species)
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)

Pelecanidae: Pelicans (5 species)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)		Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)		Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)

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