| 鹭 |  lù | heron |   |
| 鸶 | sī | heron | |
| 雚 | guàn | (archaic) stork / heron | |
| 老等 | lǎo děng | to wait patiently / heron | |
| 苍鹭 | cāng lù | (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea) | |
| 夜鹭 | yè lù | (bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | |
| 暗光鸟 | àn guāng niǎo | black-crowned night heron (Tw) | |
| 暗公鸟 | àn gōng niǎo | black-crowned night heron (Tw) | |
| 暗鹭 | àn lù | black-crowned night heron (Tw) | |
| 池鹭 | chí lù | (bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) | |
| 岩鹭 | yán lù | (bird species of China) Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra) | |
| 绿鹭 | lu:4 lù | (bird species of China) striated heron (Butorides striata) | |
| 草鹭 | cǎo lù | (bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea) | |
| 斑鹭 | bān lù | (bird species of China) pied heron (Egretta picata) | |
| 栗鳽 | lì yán | (bird species of China) Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi) | |
| 棕夜鹭 | zōng yè lù | (bird species of China) nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) | |
| 海南鳽 | Hǎi nán yán | (bird species of China) white-eared night heron (Oroanassa magnifica) | |
| 爪哇池鹭 | Zhǎo wā chí lù | (bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) | |
| 白腹鹭 | bái fù lù | (bird species of China) white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis) | |
| 白脸鹭 | bái liǎn lù | (bird species of China) white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) | |
| 黑冠鳽 | hēi guān yán | (bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) | |
