WoRMS taxon details
Egretta Brisson, 1760
AphiaID: 159113
AphiaID: 159113
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Ciconiiformes (Order) > Ardeidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Ardeidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) Species Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860) Species Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) Species Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) Species Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) Species Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) Species Egretta rufescens (Gmelin, 1789) Species Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) Species Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) Species Egretta tricolor (Müller, 1776) Species Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small to medium. Plumage: white or with white phase; long lanceolate plumes variously on crown, nape, back and/or breast with or without aigrettes. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159113 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Egretta Brisson, 1760. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159113 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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