- Agamia agami (Agami Heron)
- Ardea alba (Great Egret)
- Ardea alba alba (Great Egret (Eurasian))
- Ardea alba egretta (Great Egret (American))
- Ardea alba melanorhyncha
- Ardea alba modesta (Great Egret (Australasian))
- Ardea cinerea (Gray Heron)
- Ardea cinerea cinerea
- Ardea cinerea firasa
- Ardea cinerea jouyi
- Ardea cinerea monicae
- Ardea cocoi (Cocoi Heron)
- Ardea goliath (Goliath Heron)
- Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)
- Ardea herodias [herodias Group] (Great Blue Heron (Blue form))
- Ardea herodias cognata
- Ardea herodias fannini
- Ardea herodias herodias
- Ardea herodias occidentalis (Great Blue Heron (White form))
- Ardea herodias wardi
- Ardea humbloti (Humblot’s Heron)
- Ardea insignis (White-bellied Heron)
- Ardea melanocephala (Black-headed Heron)
- Ardea pacifica (Pacific Heron)
- Ardea purpurea (Purple Heron)
- Ardea purpurea madagascariensis
- Ardea purpurea manilensis
- Ardea purpurea purpurea (bournei)
- Ardea sumatrana (Great-billed Heron)
- Ardea sumatrana sumatrana
- Ardeola bacchus (Chinese Pond-Heron)
- Ardeola grayii (Indian Pond-Heron)
- Ardeola idae (Madagascar Pond-Heron)
- Ardeola ralloides (Squacco Heron)
- Ardeola rufiventris (Rufous-bellied Heron)
- Ardeola speciosa (Javan Pond-Heron)
- Ardeola speciosa continentalis
- Ardeola speciosa speciosa
- Botaurus lentiginosus (American Bittern)
- Botaurus pinnatus (Pinnated Bittern)
- Botaurus pinnatus caribaeus
- Botaurus pinnatus pinnatus
- Botaurus poiciloptilus (Australasian Bittern)
- Botaurus stellaris (Great Bittern)
- Botaurus stellaris capensis
- Botaurus stellaris stellaris
- Bubulcus ibis (Cattle Egret)
- Bubulcus ibis coromandus (Cattle Egret (Asian))
- Bubulcus ibis ibis (Cattle Egret (ibis))
- Bubulcus ibis seychellarum
- Butorides striata (Striated Heron)
- Butorides striata albolimbata
- Butorides striata amurensis
- Butorides striata atricapilla
- Butorides striata brevipes
- Butorides striata chloriceps
- Butorides striata cinerea
- Butorides striata crawfordi
- Butorides striata degens
- Butorides striata idenburgi
- Butorides striata javanica
- Butorides striata littleri
- Butorides striata macrorhyncha
- Butorides striata moluccarum
- Butorides striata papuensis
- Butorides striata patruelis
- Butorides striata rhizophorae
- Butorides striata rogersi
- Butorides striata rutenbergi
- Butorides striata solomonensis
- Butorides striata spodiogaster
- Butorides striata stagnatilis
- Butorides striata steini
- Butorides striata striata
- Butorides striata sundevalli
- Butorides virescens (Green Heron)
- Butorides virescens anthonyi (Green Heron (Western))
- Butorides virescens bahamensis
- Butorides virescens frazari (Green Heron (South Baja))
- Butorides virescens virescens (Green Heron (Eastern))
- Cochlearius cochlearius (Boat-billed Heron)
- Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius
- Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis
- Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi
- Cochlearius cochlearius ridgwayi
- Cochlearius cochlearius zeledoni
- Egretta ardesiaca (Black Heron)
- Egretta caerulea (Little Blue Heron)
- Egretta eulophotes (Chinese Egret)
- Egretta garzetta (Little Egret)
- Egretta garzetta dimorpha
- Egretta garzetta garzetta
- Egretta garzetta immaculata
- Egretta garzetta nigripes
- Egretta gularis (Western Reef-Heron)
- Egretta gularis gularis
- Egretta gularis schistacea
- Egretta intermedia (Intermediate Egret)
- Egretta intermedia brachyrhyncha
- Egretta intermedia intermedia
- Egretta intermedia plumifera
- Egretta novaehollandiae (White-faced Heron)
- Egretta novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
- Egretta novaehollandiae parryi
- Egretta picata (Pied Heron)
- Egretta rufescens (Reddish Egret)
- Egretta rufescens dickeyi
- Egretta rufescens rufescens
- Egretta sacra (Pacific Reef-Heron)
- Egretta sacra albolineata
- Egretta sacra sacra
- Egretta thula (Snowy Egret)
- Egretta thula brewsteri
- Egretta thula thula
- Egretta tricolor (Tricolored Heron)
- Egretta tricolor ruficollis (occidentalis)
- Egretta tricolor tricolor
- Egretta vinaceigula (Slaty Egret)
- Gorsachius goisagi (Japanese Night-Heron)
- Gorsachius leuconotus (White-backed Night-Heron)
- Gorsachius magnificus (White-eared Night-Heron)
- Gorsachius melanolophus (Malayan Night-Heron)
- Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Cinnamon Bittern)
- Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Schrenck’s Bittern)
- Ixobrychus exilis (Least Bittern)
- Ixobrychus exilis bogotensis
- Ixobrychus exilis erythromelas
- Ixobrychus exilis exilis
- Ixobrychus exilis peruvianus
- Ixobrychus exilis pullus
- Ixobrychus flavicollis (Black Bittern)
- Ixobrychus flavicollis australis
- Ixobrychus flavicollis flavicollis
- Ixobrychus flavicollis woodfordi
- Ixobrychus involucris (Stripe-backed Bittern)
- Ixobrychus minutus (Little Bittern)
- Ixobrychus minutus dubius
- Ixobrychus minutus minutus
- Ixobrychus minutus payesii
- Ixobrychus minutus podiceps
- Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (New Zealand Bittern)
- Ixobrychus sinensis (Yellow Bittern)
- Ixobrychus sturmii (Dwarf Bittern)
- Nyctanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
- Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti
- Nyctanassa violacea cayennensis
- Nyctanassa violacea gravirostris
- Nyctanassa violacea pauper
- Nyctanassa violacea violacea
- Nycticorax caledonicus (Rufous Night-Heron)
- Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus
- Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
- Nycticorax caledonicus mandibularis
- Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis
- Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis
- Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-Heron)
- Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus (Black-crowned Night-Heron (Falklands))
- Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Black-crowned Night-Heron (American))
- Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-Heron (Eurasian))
- Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus
- Pilherodius pileatus (Capped Heron)
- Syrigma sibilatrix (Whistling Heron)
- Syrigma sibilatrix fostersmithi
- Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix
- Tigriornis leucolopha (White-crested Bittern)
- Tigrisoma fasciatum (Fasciated Tiger-Heron)
- Tigrisoma fasciatum fasciatum
- Tigrisoma fasciatum pallescens
- Tigrisoma fasciatum salmoni
- Tigrisoma lineatum (Rufescent Tiger-Heron)
- Tigrisoma lineatum lineatum
- Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum
- Tigrisoma mexicanum (Bare-throated Tiger-Heron)
- Zebrilus undulatus (Zigzag Heron)
- Zonerodius heliosylus (Forest Bittern)