Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Ibises, Spoonbills, Herons)
Photos By Steve Nanz
Pelecaniformes
(Pelicans, Ibises, Spoonbills, Herons)
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
Please feel free to drop me an eMail with corrections or comments. They are greatly appreciated.
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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
(American White Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_6968_pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
(American White Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_6971_pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
(American White Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_6972_pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
(American White Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_9907
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
(American White Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_7579_pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
(Brown Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae
img_8773
Pelecanus occidentalis
(Brown Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_6353
Pelecanus occidentalis
(Brown Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_0797
Pelecanus occidentalis
(Brown Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_1000
Pelecanus occidentalis
(Brown Pelican)
Family: Pelecanidae 		img_9645
Eudocimus albus
(White Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_9646
Eudocimus albus
(White Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae
img_0163
Eudocimus albus
(White Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_9928
Platalea ajaja
(Roseate Spoonbill)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_6867
Plegadis chihi
(White-faced Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_6877
Plegadis chihi
(White-faced Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		glossy_ibis_fb
Plegadis falcinellus
(Glossy Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_3908_ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
(Glossy Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae
img_3909_ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
(Glossy Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_3913_ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
(Glossy Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		zh3z6978
Plegadis falcinellus
(Glossy Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_0517
Plegadis falcinellus
(Glossy Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		img_0611
Plegadis falcinellus
(Glossy Ibis)
Family: Threskiornithidae 		great_egret344
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae
great_egret_pp
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_2593_herons
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		greategret621
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z9219
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0503
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0542
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae
img_0590
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0591
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0595
Ardea alba
(Great Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		crw_6449
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		great_blue_heron045
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		great_blue_heron051
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
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Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		great_blue_heron066
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0477
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0492
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0532
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_1041
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
img_2818
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9311
Ardea herodias occidentalis
(Great White Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		american_bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
(American Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z5864
Botaurus lentiginosus
(American Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z5870
Botaurus lentiginosus
(American Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z5876
Botaurus lentiginosus
(American Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae
zh3z5886
Botaurus lentiginosus
(American Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_3878_egret
Bubulcus ibis
(Cattle Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_3880_egret
Bubulcus ibis
(Cattle Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_3883_egret
Bubulcus ibis
(Cattle Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_3898_egret
Bubulcus ibis
(Cattle Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_3902_egret
Bubulcus ibis
(Cattle Egret)
Family: Ardeidae
img_3905_egret
Bubulcus ibis
(Cattle Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_8952
Bubulcus ibis
(Cattle Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		greenherona
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		greenheronb
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		greenheronc
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		greenherond
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
greenherone
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		greenherong
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_8892
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_8933
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_6092
Butorides virescens
(Green Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		littleblueheron
Egretta caerulea
(Little Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
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Egretta caerulea
(Little Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_7605_heron
Egretta caerulea
(Little Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_4447
Egretta caerulea
(Little Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0095
Egretta caerulea
(Little Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_7413
Egretta caerulea
(Little Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_7531
Egretta caerulea
(Little Blue Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
reef_heeron3683
Egretta gularis
(Western Reef-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		reef_heeron3687
Egretta gularis
(Western Reef-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		reef_heeron3689
Egretta gularis
(Western Reef-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9614
Egretta rufescens
(Reddish Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9611
Egretta rufescens
(Reddish Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z4085
Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae
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Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z9230
Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0991
Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0014
Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0004
Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0013
Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae
img_0006
Egretta thula
(Snowy Egret)
Family: Ardeidae 		tricolored_heron_ci02
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		tri-colored_heron369
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_5596_heron
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_5609_heron
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_5619_heron
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
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Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z9428
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z9442
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z9448
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9133
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_7460
Egretta tricolor
(Tricolored Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
img_0081_bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
(Least Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0073_bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
(Least Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9889_bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
(Least Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9959_bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
(Least Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0085_bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
(Least Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0088_bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
(Least Bittern)
Family: Ardeidae
yellow-crowned_night-h_eb90
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		yellow-crowned_night-h_eb8f
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		yellow-crowned_night-_119e8
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		yellow-crowned_night-_119e9
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z9176
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		zh3z9189
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
img_8780
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_1108
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_1098
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0072
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0076
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0037
Nyctanassa violacea
(Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
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Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_2714_heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_6928_heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9762_heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_9794_heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_8840_heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae
img_8845_heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_7377
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0545
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae 		img_0585
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Family: Ardeidae