WoRMS taxon details
Ardea Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 159380
AphiaID: 159380
| 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 |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] 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 Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 Species Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 Species Ardea cocoi Linnaeus, 1766 Species Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827 Species Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 Species Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children, 1826 Species Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766 Species Ardea ibis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1827 accepted as Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagler, 1829) Species Ardea novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 accepted as Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) Species Ardea sacra J.F.Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) Species Ardea striatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Ardea thula Molina, 1782 accepted as Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: medium to large. Plumage: with lanceolate crest and scapular plumes. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159380 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ardea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159380 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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