青鷺[aosagi] grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
黒鷺[kurosagi] eastern reef heron
大鷺[daisagi] great (white) egret
白鷺[shirasagi] generic name for herons with all-white plumage (inc. egrets)
朱鷺[shuro] Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)

五位鷺[goisagi] black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
若鷺[wakasagi] Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
鷺草[sagisou] fringed orchid
箆鷺[herasagi] common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)