Ardea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelecaniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Aequornithes Ordo: Pelecaniformes

Familia: Ardeidae
Subfamilia: Ardeinae
Genus: Ardea
Species: A. alba – A. brachyrhyncha – A. cinerea – A. cocoi – A. goliath – A. herodias – A. humbloti – A. insignis – A. intermedia – A. melanocephala – A. pacifica – A. plumifera – A. purpurea – A. sumatrana

Nomen dubium: A. aequinoctialis

Name

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Typus: Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
- Fixation: Subsequent designation by G.R. Gray 1840: 66 p. 80

Synonymy

Herodias F. Boie, 1822 Isis p. 559 BHL
Casmerodius Gloger, 1842 Gemein.Handb.-undHilfsb. p. 412 BHL
Mesophoyx Sharpe, 1894 BBOC no.17 p. xxxviii BHL
- Typus: Herodias intermedia = Ardea intermedia

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 141 BHL Reference page.
Gray, G.R. 1840. A list of the genera of birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus, compiled from various sources. 80 pp. Richard and John Taylor (London). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.13777 Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: بلشون
български: Чаплa
brezhoneg: Kerc'heiz
català: Bernat
dansk: Hejre
Deutsch: Reiher
English: Heron
Esperanto: Ardeo
español: Garza
eesti: Haigur
euskara: Koartza
français: Héron
galego: Garza
עברית: אנפה
hrvatski: Čaplja
italiano: Airone
lietuvių: Tikrieji garniai
македонски: Чапјa
Nederlands: Reiger
polski: Czapla
português: Garça
română: Stârc
русский: Цапля
svenska: Häger
Türkçe: Balıkçıl
татарча / tatarça: Челән
українська: Чапля
Tiếng Việt: Họ Diệc
中文（臺灣）: 蒼鷺屬
中文: 鷺屬

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