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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Ciconiiformes (storks and relatives)
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Family Ardeidae (herons)
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Subfamily Ardeinae (herons and egrets)
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Genus Egretta (plumed egrets)-
Species Egretta ardesiaca (black heron) -
Species Egretta caerulea (little blue heron)
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Species Egretta dimorpha (dimorphic egret) -
Species Egretta eulophotes (Chinese egret)
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Species Egretta garzetta (little egret)
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Species Egretta gularis (western reef egret)
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Species Egretta intermedia (intermediate egret)
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Species Egretta novaehollandiae (white-faced heron)
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Species Egretta picata (pied heron)
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Species Egretta rufescens (reddish egret)
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Species Egretta sacra (eastern reef-egret)
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Species Egretta thula (snowy egret)
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Species Egretta tricolor (tricolored heron)
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Species Egretta vinaceigula (slaty egret)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
