1. Species Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
2. Species Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
3. Species Ardea cocoi Linnaeus, 1766
4. Species Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827
5. Species Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758
6. Species Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children, 1826
7. Species Ardea modesta Gray, 1831
8. Species Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766
9. Species Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, 1758)
10. Species Ardea asha Sykes accepted as Egretta gularis schistacea (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)
11. Species Ardea caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
12. Species Ardea caledonica Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789)
13. Species Ardea canadensis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
14. Species Ardea ciconia Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758)
15. Species Ardea dubia Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
16. Species Ardea egretta Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Ardea alba egretta Gmelin, 1789
17. Species Ardea garzetta Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
18. Species Ardea grus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)
19. Species Ardea ibis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
20. Species Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1827 accepted as Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagler, 1829) (synonym)
21. Species Ardea melanolophus Raffles, 1822 accepted as Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
22. Species Ardea minuta Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766)
23. Species Ardea nigra Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
24. Species Ardea novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 accepted as Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) (synonym)
25. Species Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
26. Species Ardea oscitans Boddaert, 1783 accepted as Anastomus oscitans (Boddaert, 1783) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
27. Species Ardea sacra J.F.Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
28. Species Ardea sibilatrix Temminck, 1824 accepted as Syrigma sibilatrix (Temminck, 1824)
29. Species Ardea stellaris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
30. Species Ardea striata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
31. Species Ardea thula Molina, 1782 accepted as Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) (synonym)
32. Species Ardea tricolor Müller, 1776 accepted as Egretta tricolor (Müller, 1776)
33. Species Ardea violacea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
34. Species Ardea virgo Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Grus virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
35. Species Ardea comata Pallas, 1773 accepted as Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769) (uncertain > unassessed)
36. Species Ardea leuce (uncertain)
37. Species Ardea minor (uncertain > unassessed)

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