Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ardeoidea

Ardeidae Vigors, 1825

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758
Ardeirallus Bonaparte, 1850
Ardeola Boie, 1822
Botaurus Stephens, 1819
Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855
Butorides Blyth, 1852
Casmerodius Gloger, 1842
Egretta T. Forster, 1817
Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828
Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817

Literature

basis of record

Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Ardeidae Vigors, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148747

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Ardeidae Vigors, 1825. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/82e46850-37e3-41db-8f95-062322a50823

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148747
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:10741

Last modified

2017-04-19 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Mark Tasker

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