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 > Family Ardeidae > Genus Ardea

Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ardea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: amerikaanse blauwe reiger; great blue heron sources: Avibase - the world bird database.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: Grand Héron sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Kanadareiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Велика блакитна чапля; Велика синє чапля

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.