WoRMS taxon details
Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828
AphiaID: 159118
AphiaID: 159118
| 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 Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin, 1789) Species Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766) Species Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (Potts, 1871) | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small. Plumage: feathers of neck very long; colour patterns variable but immatures and some females heavily streaked. Other details: bill very pointed with heavy serration before tip; nostrils slit-shaped; neck long. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159118 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159118 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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