Ardea Linnaeus 1758 (heron)

Aves - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Synonyms: Casmerodius Gloger 1842, Herodias Boie 1822

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Ardeidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Becker 1985, Brodkorb 1955, Brunet 1970, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Gaillard 1908, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Louchart et al. 2008, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Burley 2019

Sister taxa: Agamia, Ardeacites, Ardeagrandis, Ardeinae, Botaurinae, Botaurites, Botaurus, Bubulcus, Butorides, Cochlearius, Egretta, Ixobrychus, Matuku, Nyctanassa, Nycticorax, Palaeophoyx, Pilherodius, Syrigma, Taphophoyx, Zeltornis

Subtaxa: Ardea alba Ardea aurelianensis Ardea brachyrhyncha Ardea brunhuberi Ardea cinerea Ardea cocoi Ardea effosa Ardea formosa Ardea goliath Ardea herodias Ardea humbloti Ardea insignis Ardea intermedia Ardea latipes Ardea lignitum Ardea melanocephala Ardea modesta Ardea pacifica Ardea paloccidentalis Ardea piveteaui Ardea plumifera Ardea polkensis Ardea purpurea Ardea sumatrana

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Type: Ardea cinerea

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (7), Jordan (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (30: California, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Oregon), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)

• Blancan of United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (3: California, Florida)

• Miocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (1), Moldova (1), United States (3: Florida, Nebraska)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 67 collections including 78 occurrences

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