Ardeidae

Ardea alba

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 Superordo: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Infraordo: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Aveairfoila Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Averaptora Cladus: Avialae Classis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Subclassis: Carinatae Infraclassis: Neornithes Parvclassis: Neognathae Ordo: Pelecaniformes

Familia: Ardeidae
Subfamiliae: Ardeinae - Botaurinae - Nycticoracinae - Tigrisomatinae

Overview of genera

†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.144385Reference page.  First citation p.69: Ardeadae BHL

References

• 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

Links

• Ardeidae Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

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

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