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Ardea herodias
Linnaeus, 1758
- great blue heron
(bird)
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Ardea (Genus)
..Ardea alba (Species) - great egret
..Ardea cinerea (Species) - grey heron
..Ardea cocoi (Species) - Cocoi heron
..Ardea goliath (Species) - Goliath heron
..Ardea humbloti (Species) - Humblot's heron
..Ardea insignis (Species) - white-bellied heron
..Ardea melanocephala (Species) - black-headed heron
..Ardea pacifica (Species) - white-necked heron
..Ardea purpurea (Species) - purple heron
..Ardea sumatrana (Species) - great-billed heron
..Ardea herodias (Species) - great blue heron
....Ardea herodias cognata (Subspecies)
....Ardea herodias fannini (Subspecies)
....Ardea herodias herodias (Subspecies) - great blue heron
....Ardea herodias occidentalis (Subspecies) - great white heron
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 143.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Ardea herodias herodias
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 129.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
grote blauwe reiger
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
great blue heron
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 87.
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