Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Ardeidae > Genus Egretta

Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Egretta*	T. Forster, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ardea caerulea*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English-United States: Little Blue Heron sources: english PESI focal point

German: Blaureiher sources: Germany PESI focal point

Lithuanian: mažasis melsvasis garnys sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: ма́лая голуба́я ца́пля sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: modra čaplja sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Garceta azul; Garza azul sources: spanish PESI focal point

Turkish: Küçük mavi balıkçıl

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Citation

Drs Cees Roselaar. Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96650

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Last modified

2004-05-07 by Drs Cees Roselaar

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