Vumatiti

Vumatiti

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli:	Aves (Ndege)
Oda:	Pelecaniformes (Ndege kama makorongo)
Familia:	Ardeidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na koikoi) Leach, 1820

Ngazi za chini

Nusufamilia 2, jenasi 5:

Botaurinae
- Botaurus Stephens, 1819
- Dupetor Heine & Reichenow, 1890
- Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828
- Zebrilus Bonaparte, 1855
Tigrisomatinae
- Tigriornis Sharpe, 1895
- Tigrisoma Swainson, 1827
- Zonerodius Salvadori, 1882

Vumatiti ni ndege wakubwa wa nusufamilia Botaurinae na Tigrisomatinae katika familia ya Ardeidae ambao wana domo refu na nyembamba lakini shingo fupi kuliko spishi nyingine za familia hii. Hupinda shingo yao wakiruka angani. Ndege hawa wana rangi nyeupe, nyeusi na kahawia. Vumatiti hula samaki, amfibia na wadudu wa maji. Hizi ni spishi zinazojificha ndani ya uoto. Hujenga tago lao kwa matawi, manyasi na mimea ingine katikati ya matete au juu ya miti. Tago limefichika kwa kawaida.

Spishi za Afrika

Nusufamilia Botaurinae

Botaurus stellaris, Vumatiti Mkubwa (Eurasian au Great Bittern)
- Botaurus s. capensis, Vumatiti Mkubwa Kusi (Southern Great Bittern)
- Botaurus s. stellaris, Vumatiti Mkubwa wa Ulaya (Great Bittern)
Ixobrychus minutus, Vumatiti Mdogo (Little Bittern)
- Ixobrychus m. minutus, Vumatiti Mdogo wa Ulaya (Eurasian Little Bittern)
- Ixobrychus m. payesii, Vumatiti Mdogo wa Afrika (African Little Bittern)
- Ixobrychus m. podiceps, Vumatiti Mdogo wa Madagaska (Madagascan Little Bittern)
Ixobrychus sturmii, Vumatiti Kibete (Dwarf Bittern)

Nusufamilia Tigrisomatinae

Tigriornis leucolopha, Vumatiti-misitu (White-crested Bittern)

Spishi za mabara mengine

Nusufamilia Botaurinae

Botaurus lentiginosus (American Bittern)
Botaurus pinnatus (Pinnated au South American Bittern)
Botaurus poiciloptilus (Australasian Bittern)
Dupetor flavicollis (Black Bittern)
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Cinnamon Bittern)
Ixobrychus dubius (Black-backed Bittern)
Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Von Schrenck's Bittern)
Ixobrychus exilis (Least Bittern)
Ixobrychus involucris (Stripe-backed Bittern)
†Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (New Zealand Bittern) imekwaisha sasa (miaka 1890)
Ixobrychus sinensis (Yellow Bittern)
Zebrilus undulatus (Zigzag Heron)