Grey, great blue, purple and goliath herons, great, little, snowy and western cattle egrets, black-crowned night heron and striated heron. Compare visible details of documented birds in licensed photographs. An editorial selection, not a size or rarity ranking. Visuals are real Wikimedia Commons photographs, not AI-generated images. Narration is synthesized with Edge TTS. Photographs are resized and fitted to a portrait frame; derived images retain their source licenses. Grey heron: Giacomo Cimino ( @giacomociminoph ); CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Il_pescatore_solitario.jpg Great blue heron: DallasPenner; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GreatBlueHeronInARiver.jpg Purple heron: Pierre Dalous; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardpur2_(cropped).jpg Goliath heron: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goliath_Heron%2C_Ardea_goliath_at_Marievale_Nature_Reserve%2C_Gauteng%2C_South_Africa_%2844774367184%29.jpg Great egret: Chuck Homler (FocusOnWildlife.Me); CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Egret_%28Ardea_alba%29_in_Breeding_Plumage%2C_Cape_May_County%2C_New_Jersey%2C_USA_%28cropped%29.png Little egret: Shantanu Kuveskar; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_egret_%28Egretta_garzetta%29_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg Snowy egret: Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowy_Egret_%28Egretta_thula%29_Edwin_B_Forsythe_NWR%2C_Galloway%2C_NJ%2C_USA.jpg Western cattle egret: Kora27; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuhreiher_am_Strand_in_%C3%84gypten_9528BE.jpg Black-crowned night heron: ramidos; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nycticorax_nycticorax_457953189.jpg Striated heron: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Striated_heron_%28Butorides_striata_striata%29.JPG Adapted visuals and original contributions to this version are offered under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Source photographs retain their stated licenses.