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Ardeinae

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Taxonomy
Ardeinae is a subfamily. It is extant. Its type is Ardea.

It was assigned to Ardeidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Cheneval (1984), Becker (1985) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Sister taxa
Nycticoracini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Ardeinae Hay p. 294
1940Ardeinae Wetmore p. 14
1956Ardeinae Wetmore p. 18
1984Ardeinae Cheneval p. 77
1985Ardeinae Becker p. 25
2007Ardeinae Livezey and Zusi p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyArdeinae
subfamilyArdeinae

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.

Subfm. Ardeinae
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G. Ardeola Boie 1822 [pond heron]
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Ardeola ralloides Scopoli 1769 [Squacco heron]
G. †Proardea Lambrecht 1933
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Proardea amissa Milne-Edwards 1892
Proardea deschutteri Mayr et al. 2019
G. †Proardeola Harrison 1979
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Proardeola walkeri Harrison 1979
Invalid names: Ardeini Bock 1956 [empty], Nycticoracini Bonaparte 1854 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available