Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > 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)
 English-United States: Great Blue Heron sources: Charles Hussey
 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. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.

additional source

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.

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

Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GenBank (96 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1069 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Ardea herodias 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:159382

Drs Cees Roselaar. Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96659

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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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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159382
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96659

Last modified

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

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