WoRMS taxon details
Ardeola Boie, 1822
AphiaID: 203936
AphiaID: 203936
| 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 Ardeola idae (Hartlaub, 1860) Species Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small, stocky. Plumage: cryptic on ground, white on wings shows on takeoff. Othe details: legs short; claws long. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203936 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ardeola Boie, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203936 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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