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| | Heron -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | For other uses of this word, see (Click link for more info and facts about Heron (disambiguation)) Heron (disambiguation). |
 | | Within the family Ardeidae, all members of the genera, (Bitterns) Botaurus and (Bitterns) Ixobrychus are classed as bitterns, not herons, however the species sometimes known as egrets are simply white-coloured herons with decorative plumes, and not a biologically distinct group (although one could also define true Egrets as the members of genus Egretta). |
 | | The (Tropical American heron related to night herons) Boatbill is sometimes classed as a heron, and sometimes given its own family (Click link for more info and facts about Cochlearidae) Cochlearidae. |
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