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Butorides virescens (green heron)

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

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

It was recombined as Ardeola virescens by Olson et al. (1990); it was recombined as Butorides virescens by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Emslie (1998), Steadman et al. (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ardea virescens Linnaeus p. 144
1931Butorides virescens Wetmore p. 16
1940Butorides virescens Wetmore p. 15
1942Butorides virescens Miller and DeMay p. 79
1956Butorides virescens Wetmore p. 20
1990Ardeola virescens Olson et al.
1998Butorides virescens Emslie p. 26
2003Butorides virescens Steadman et al.
2017Butorides virescens 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
genusButoridesBlyth 1852
speciesvirescens()

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.

Butorides virescens Linnaeus 1758 [green 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: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Butorides virescens (20308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Butorides virescens (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Butorides virescens (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Butorides virescens (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Butorides virescens (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Butorides virescens (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Ardeola virescens (190743)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Butorides virescens (195047)