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Ardea herodias (great blue heron)
Taxonomy
Ardea herodias was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Ardea herodias Linnaeus p. 143 |
| 1930 | Ardea herodias Hay p. 294 |
| 1931 | Ardea herodias Wetmore p. 14 |
| 1940 | Ardea herodias Wetmore p. 14 |
| 1942 | Ardea herodias Miller and DeMay p. 78 |
| 1946 | Ardea herodias Howard p. 156 |
| 1956 | Ardea herodias Wetmore p. 19 |
| 1969 | Ardea herodias Howard p. 7 |
| 1992 | Ardea herodias Guthrie p. 321 |
| 2004 | Ardea herodias Broughton p. 17 fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Ardea herodias Steadman and Mead p. 428 |
| 2014 | Ardea herodias del Hoyo et al. |
| 2016 | Ardea herodias Kilmer and Steadman p. 22 fig. 16B |
| 2017 | Ardea herodias Clements et al. |
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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