Ardeidae

Ardea cinerea, Vaxholm, Sweden

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelecaniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Ordo: Pelecaniformes

Familia: Ardeidae
Subfamiliae: Ardeinae - Botaurinae - Nycticoracinae - Tigrisomatinae
Genera: Agamia – Ardea – Ardeola – Botaurus – Bubulcus – Butorides – Cochlearius – Egretta – Gorsachius – Ixobrychus – Nyctanassa – Nycticorax – Pilherodius – Syrigma – Tigriornis – Tigrisoma – Zebrilus – Zonerodius

Genera extincta: †Matuku – †Pikaihao

Name

Ardeidae Leach, 1820

Synonyms

• Ardeadae (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1820. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum: Eleventh Room. British Museum. London. 17th edition: 65–70. (Although the name of the author is not specified in the document, Leach was the Keeper of Zoology at the time). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.144385 Reference page. : 69 "Ardeadæ"

References

• Huang, Z.H., Li, M.F., & Qin, J.W. 2016. DNA barcoding and phylogenetic relationships of Ardeidae (Aves: Ciconiiformes). Genet. Mol. Res. 15 (3): gmr.15038270 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15038270
• Päckert, M., Hering, J., Fuchs, E., Barthel, P., & Heim, W. 2014. Genetic barcoding confirms first breeding record of the Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis, (Aves: Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae) in the Western Palearctic. Vertebrate Zoology 64 (2): 251–260 archive.
• Scofield, R.P., Worthy, T.H., & Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand. In: Boles, W.E., & Worthy, T.H. (eds) Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Records of the Australian Museum 62: 89–104. ISSN: 0067-1975 DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1542
• Zhou, X., Lin, Q., Fang, W., & Chen, X. 2014. The complete mitochondrial genomes of sixteen ardeid birds revealing the evolutionary process of the gene rearrangements. BMC Genomics 2014 15: 573 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-573

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Reier
беларуская: Чаплевыя
български: Чаплови
বাংলা: বক
brezhoneg: Kerc'heiz
Deutsch: Reiher
English: Heron
Nordfriisk: Heegern
français: Ardéidés
Gaeilge: Corr réisc
galego: Garzas
Avañe'ẽ: Guyratĩ
hrvatski: Čaplja
magyar: Gémfélék
Bahasa Indonesia: Kuntul
日本語: サギ科
한국어: 왜가리과
македонски: Чапји
Nederlands: Reigers en roerdompen
polski: Czaplowate
Runa Simi: Waqar
русский: Цаплевые
svenska: Hägrar
Kiswahili: Kingoyo
Türkçe: Balıkçılgiller
中文: 鷺科

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