page_title: List of birds of Brazil
section_title: Herons
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Brazil / Herons
caption_attribution_description: English: Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi), Pantanal, Brazil
context_page_description: Brazil has one of the richest bird diversities in the world. The avifauna of Brazil include a total of 1823 confirmed species of which 238 are endemic. Five have been introduced by humans, 78 are rare or vagrants, and four are extinct or extirpated. An additional 21 species are hypothetical.
  Brazil hosts about 60% of the bird species recorded for all of South America. These numbers are still increasing almost every year, due to new occurrences, new species being described, or splits of existing species. About 10% of the bird species found in Brazil are, nonetheless, threatened.
  In June 2013 a simultaneous discovery of fifteen bird species in Brazil was announced, the first such since 1871, when August von Pelzeln described forty new species. The birds were from the families Corvidae, Thamnophilidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Tyrannidae, and Polioptilidae. Eleven of the new species are endemics of Brazil and four also inhabit Peru and Bolivia.
  Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. The list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are also those of the SACC.
context_section_description: Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae
  The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills.
  Rufescent tiger-heron, Tigrisoma lineatum
  Fasciated tiger-heron, Tigrisoma fasciatum
  Agami heron, Agamia agami
  Boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
  Zigzag heron, Zebrilus undulatus
  Pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus
  Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
  Stripe-backed bittern, Ixobrychus involucris
  Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
  Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea
  Striated heron, Butorides striata
  Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides (V)
  Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
  Gray heron, Ardea cinerea (V)
  Great blue heron, Ardea herodias (H)
  Cocoi heron, Ardea cocoi
  Purple heron, Ardea purpurea (V)
  Great egret, Ardea alba
  Whistling heron, Syrigma sibilatrix
  Capped heron, Pilherodius pileatus
  Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor
  Western reef-heron, Egretta gularis (V)
  Little egret, Egretta garzetta (V)
  Snowy egret, Egretta thula
  Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea
caption: Cocoi heron
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