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Ardea herodias (great blue heron)

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Taxonomy
Ardea herodias was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. alba, A. grandis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ardea herodias Linnaeus p. 143
1930Ardea herodias Hay p. 294
1931Ardea herodias Wetmore p. 14
1937Ardea herodias Wetmore p. 7
1940Ardea herodias Wetmore p. 14
1942Ardea herodias Miller and DeMay p. 78
1946Ardea herodias Howard p. 156
1956Ardea herodias Wetmore p. 19
1969Ardea herodias Howard p. 7
1992Ardea herodias Guthrie p. 321
2004Ardea herodias Broughton p. 17 fig. 5
2010Ardea herodias Steadman and Mead p. 428
2014Ardea herodias del Hoyo et al.
2016Ardea herodias Kilmer and Steadman p. 22 fig. 16B
2017Ardea herodias Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
genusArdea
speciesherodias

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 [great blue heron]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:51:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Thiollay 1994, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.21000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ardea herodias (227368)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Ardea herodias (195048)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Ardea herodias (20495)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Ardea herodias (152008 192630)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) Ardea herodias (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ardea herodias (44954 125234 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ardea herodias (20581 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ardea herodias (34269 74292 154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Ardea herodias (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Ardea herodias (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ardea herodias (154771 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ardea herodias (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Ardea herodias (20569)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Ardea herodias (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Ardea herodias (197935)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Ardea herodias (132605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Ardea herodias (194905 194909 194910 194912 194913 194925 194926 194927 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Ardea herodias (176524)