Herons, egrets, and bitterns Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae The family Ardeidae contains the herons, egrets, and bitterns. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus (A) Great bittern, Botaurus stellaris (A) Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus (A) Gray heron (hegri), Ardea cinerea Purple heron, Ardea purpurea (A) Great egret, Ardea alba (A) Little egret, Egretta garzetta (A) Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis (A) Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax (A) Ibises and spoonbills Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae The family Threskiornithidae includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings. Their bodies tend to be elongated, the neck more so, with rather long legs. The bill is also long, decurved in the case of the ibises, straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills. Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus (A) Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia (A) Osprey Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae Pandionidae is a family of fish-eating birds of prey, possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. The family is monotypic. Osprey (fiskiørn), Pandion haliaetus (A) Hawks, eagles and kites Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. European honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus (A) Eurasian marsh-harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A) Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus (A) Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius (A) Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus (A) Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis (A) Red kite, Milvus milvus (A) Black kite, Milvus migrans (A) White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (A) Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus (A) Common buzzard, Buteo buteo (A) Owls Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Eurasian scops-owl, Otus scops (A) Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus (A) Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula (A) Long-eared owl, Asio otus (A) Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus Hoopoes Order: BucerotiformesFamily: Upupidae Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink coloring with a large erectile crest on their head. Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops (A) Bee-eaters Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Meropidae The bee-eaters