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

ArdeaLinnaeus, 1758accepted 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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159382

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/af92acce-a5e0-45dd-82bd-736474396c34

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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