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

Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ardea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: boroviqi; çafka e përhime; çajmja e përhime; çapa e përhime; çapëthimja; çapka e përhime; gata e përhime; gatëza e përhime sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): gråhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Сива чапла sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: fiskehejre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: blauwe reiger sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: grey heron sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Grey Heron sources: Charles Hussey

French: héron cendré sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: corr réisc sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Corr réisc

German: Fischreiher; Graureiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Σταχτοτσικνιάς sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Corr réisc sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): אנפה אפורה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: pilkasis garnys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: gråhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: gråhegre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 143

Norwegian Nynorsk: gråhegre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 143

Nynorsk (Norwegian): gråhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: czapla siwa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: stârc cenuşiu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: серая цапля sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: corr réisc sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: siva čaplja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: garza real sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: gråhäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: gri balıkçıl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Чапля сіра sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crëyr glas

Literature

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.
basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1457 publications)
Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
GenBank (45 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212668

Drs Cees Roselaar. Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96658