Search :   Actual Scientific name : French name English name Ardea cinerea cinerea Héron cendré  Grey Heron  Ardea goliath Héron goliath  Goliath Heron  Ardea melanocephala Héron à tête noire  Black-headed Heron  Ardea purpurea purpurea Héron pourpré  Purple Heron  Ardeola idae Crabier malgache  Malagasy Pond Heron  Ardeola ralloides Héron crabier  Squacco Heron  Ardeola rufiventris Héron à ventre roux  Rufous-bellied Heron   Bubulcus ibis ibis Héron garde-boeuf  Cattle Egret  Butorides striata atricapilla Blongios vert, Petit héron à tête noire  Green-backed Heron, Striated Heron, Little Heron  Egretta alba melanorhyncha Grande aigrette  Great (White) Egret  Egretta ardesiaca Héron garde-bœuf ardoise  Black Egret  Egretta garzetta garzetta Aigrette garzette  Little Egret  Egretta intermedia brachyrhyncha Aigrette intermédiaire  Yellow-billed Egret  Egretta vinaceigula Aigrette vineuse  Slaty Egret  Gorsachius leuconotus Héron bihoreau à dos blanc  White-backed Night Heron  Ixobrychus minutus minutus Butor blongios  Little Bittern  Ixobrychus minutus payesi Butor blongios  Little Bittern  Ixobrychus sturmii Blongios de Sturm  Dwarf Bittern  Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax Bihoreau  Black-crowned Night Heron  Warning : This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors. The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed. We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us. +  You are in : ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Aves (Birds) > Ciconiiformes (Sibley) > Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns,...) Design by McArnolds Group SA | Development and code by AMESIS SPRL