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Ardeidae  Leach, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174771

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Cochleariidae
 
    Ardeinae Leach, 1820
  
    Botaurinae Reichenbach, 1850
  
    Cochleariinae Chenu & Des Murs, 1854
  
    Tigrisomatinae
 
  Common Name(s): Bitterns [English]
  
    Egrets [English]
  
    Herons [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPelecaniformes  – Pelicans, pélicans, Ibises, ibis, Herons, hérons  
                            FamilyArdeidae Leach, 1820 – Bitterns, Egrets, Herons  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAgamia Reichenbach, 1853  
                               GenusArdea Linnaeus, 1758 – Great Herons 
                               GenusArdeola F. Boie, 1822 – Pond Herons 
                               GenusBotaurus Stephens, 1819  
                               GenusButorides Blyth, 1852 – Green-backed Herons 
                               GenusCalherodius Bonaparte, 1855  
                               GenusCochlearius Brisson, 1760  
                               GenusEgretta T. Forster, 1817  
                               GenusGorsachius Bonaparte, 1855 – Night-Herons 
                               GenusNyctanassa Stejneger, 1887 – Night-Herons 
                               GenusNycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – Night-Herons 
                               GenusOroanassa J. L. Peters, 1930  
                               GenusPilherodius Reichenbach, 1853  
                               GenusSyrigma Ridgway, 1878  
                               GenusTigriornis Sharpe, 1895  
                               GenusTigrisoma Swainson, 1827  
                               GenusZebrilus Bonaparte, 1855  
                               GenusZonerodius Salvadori, 1882  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Ardeidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Ardeidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.25, website (version 25-Jan-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       

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