#ardeinae

[best-bird-tournament]

Subfamily Ardeinae herons

Which is the best bird?

Malayan night heron

Yellow-crowned night heron

Black-crowned night heron

Great blue heron

Capped heron

Agami heron

Whistling heron

Chinese pond heron

Green heron

White-backed night heron

Snowy egret

Voting ended onOct 7, 2025

[vesper-tinus]

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)

[raw-wild]

Black-crowned Night Heron | Ted Ellis

[flighty-flycatcher]

📍 Location: San Francisco, California 🗓 Date: June 4, 2026 🐾 Media: Image 🌿 Species: Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 📝 Notes: Medium-sized heron found in wetlands, marshes, ponds, estuaries, and shorelines across much of the world. Recognized by its black crown and back, pale gray wings, red eyes, and stocky build.

Primarily active at dawn, dusk, and night, it feeds on fish, crustaceans, amphibians, and other small aquatic animals. Often seen standing motionless along the water's edge, it hunts by waiting patiently before striking quickly at prey. Black-crowned Night Herons commonly nest in colonies among trees, shrubs, or marsh vegetation near water.

🔗 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368466019

[alonglistofbirds]

[2962/11080] Dimorphic egret - Egretta dimorpha

Note: Clements considers this bird to be a subspecies of the little egret, E. garzetta

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae (herons) Subfamily: Ardeinae

Photo credit: Skip Russell via Macaulay Library

[birdblues]

Capped Heron

[animalids]

Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi)

Photo by Fabrice Stoger

[that-crazy-scorpio-man]

Trying to get that next meal.