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Egretta (egret)

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Egretta Forster
1858Florida Baird
1858Hydranassa Baird
1894Leucophoyx Sharpe
1940Egretta Wetmore p. 15
1940Florida Wetmore p. 15
1940Hydranassa Wetmore p. 15
1956Hydranassa Wetmore p. 19
1956Leucophoyx Wetmore p. 19
1956Florida Wetmore p. 20
1985Egretta Becker p. 25
1992Egretta Emslie p. 252
2002Egretta Mlikovsky p. 69
2014Egretta del Hoyo et al.
2017Egretta Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
genusEgrettaForster 1817

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.

G. Egretta Forster 1817 [egret]
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Egretta caerulea Linnaeus 1758 [little blue heron]
Egretta garzetta Linnaeus 1766 [little egret]
Egretta garzetta dimorpha Hartert 1914 [dimorphic egret]
Egretta novaehollandiae Latham 1790 [White-faced heron]
Egretta picata Gould 1845 [pied heron]
Egretta sacra Gmelin 1789 [Pacific reef-heron]
†Egretta subfluvia Becker 1985
Egretta thula Molina 1782 [snowy egret]
Egretta tricolor Statius Muller 1776 [tricolor heron]
Invalid names: Florida Baird 1858 [synonym], Hydranassa Baird 1858 [synonym], Leucophoyx Sharpe 1894 [synonym]
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, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Egretta sp. (18554)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Egretta sp. (18577) Egretta subfluvia (18601)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Ardea picata (182159)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Egretta sp. (19925 19936 19940)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Egretta sp. (19752 19753)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Egretta sp. (22712)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Egretta tricolor (20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Egretta garzetta (197786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Egretta thula (20581) Leucophoyx thula (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Egretta thula, Florida caerulea (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Egretta thula, Egretta caerulea (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Hydranassa tricolor, Florida caerulea (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Egretta caerulea (194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea Egretta sacra (194695)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Egretta sp. (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Egretta sacra (194675 198011)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Egretta sacra (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Egretta dimorpha (194025)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Egretta sacra (194622 194623 194648)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Egretta sacra (194995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Egretta sacra (193453)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Egretta sacra (193800)