Parent: Ardeidae (Bitterns)

└─ Egretta (Plumed egrets)

└─── Egretta ardesiaca (Black heron)

└─── Egretta caerulea (Little blue heron)

└─── Egretta dimorpha (Dimorphic egret)

└─── Egretta eulophotes (Chinese egret)

└─── Egretta garzetta (Little egret)

└─── Egretta gularis (Western reef heron)

└─── Egretta intermedia (Plumed egret)

└─── Egretta novaehollandiae (White-faced heron)

└─── Egretta picata (Pied heron)

└─── Egretta rufescens (Reddish egret)

└─── Egretta sacra (Pacific reef-heron)

└─── Egretta thula (Snowy egret)

└─── Egretta tricolor (Tricolored heron)

└─── Egretta vinaceigula (Slaty egret)