Butorides Blyth, 1852

Synonyms: Ocniscus Cabanis, 1856; Oniscus Baird, Brewer & Ridgway, 1874; Toburides Mathews, 1913
Homonyms: Butorides Blyth, 1852
Common names: Aironi verdi in Italian; Garcitas in Spanish; Garzas verdosas in Spanish; Green-Backed Herons in English; Green-backed Herons in English; Green-backed Herons in English; Green-backed Herons in English; Green-backed Herons in English; Green-backed Herons in English; Groene reigers in Dutch; Krabbehegrer in Norwegian Bokmål; Mangrovenreiher in German; Zenki in language.; kyyryhaikarat in Finnish; čaplička in Slovak; Žalieji naktikovai in Lithuanian; Žalieji naktikoviai in Lithuanian; Зелёные кваквы in Russian; Мангрова чапля in Ukrainian; אנפה ירוקה in Hebrew; นกยางเขียว ฯลฯ in Thai; მწვანე ყანჩები in Georgian; ササゴイ属 in Japanese; 綠鷺屬 in Chinese; 검은댕기해오라기속 in Korean; ササゴイ属 in Japanese

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc., 1849
CoL 2006
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online.
SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
as per family
del Hoyo, Elliott & Sargatal (1992) Ostrich to Ducks