| 白鹭 | bái lù | (bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta) | |
| 苍鹭 | cāng lù | (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea) | |
| 池鹭 | chí lù | (bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) | |
| 白琵鹭 | bái pí lù | (bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) | |
| 朱鹭 | zhū lù | ibis; Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); same as 朱鹮 |
| 1 | Heron made of boiled egg. | |
| 2 | but a hungry heron flew down and swallowed him up for supper. | |
| 3 | This unlucky egret thought he had found a perfect spot to go fishing. | |
| 4 | It grabbed hold of the snowy egret's foot before swiftly devouring the bird. | |
| 5 | "Herons do a shuffling behavior to stir up the substrate" and find food, said Lockley. |