Table 1 Ardeid species sampled in this study
Common name | Scientific name | Collection location |
|---|---|---|
Ardeinae | ||
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Xiamen, Fujian |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Changchun, Jilin |
Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | Xiamen, Fujian |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | Nanjing, Jiangsu |
Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | Xiamen, Fujian |
Striated Heron | Butorides striatus | Nanjing, Jiangsu |
Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Xiamen, Fujian |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Xiamen, Fujian |
Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | Zhangzhou, Fujian |
Eastern Reef heron | Egretta sacra | Zhangzhou, Fujian |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Xiamen, Fujian |
Botaurinae | ||
Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Changchun, Jilin |
Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | Haikou, Hainan |
Schrenck’s Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | Haikou, Hainan |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | Haikou, Hainan |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | Longyan, Fujian |