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Ardeidae  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174771

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Cochleariidae
 
  Common Name(s): Bitterns
 
    Egrets
 
    Herons
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 1998    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderCiconiiformes  -- aigles, aigles pêcheurs, albatros, alcidés, Auks, cigognes, cormorans, éperviers, faucons, flamants, goélands, grèbes, Herons, hérons, huarts, huîtriers, ibis, Ibises, pélicans, Penguins, pétrels, pingouins, pluviers, Storks, totipalmés, tubinares  
                FamilyArdeidae  -- Bitterns, Egrets, Herons  
    Direct Children:  
                   Genus Agamia Reichenbach, 1853  
                   Genus Ardea Linnaeus, 1758 -- Great Herons 
                   Genus Ardeola Boie, 1822  
                   Genus Botaurus Stephens, 1819 -- Brown Bitterns 
                   Genus Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 -- Cattle Egrets 
                   Genus Butorides Blyth, 1852 -- Green-backed Herons 
                   Genus Cochlearius Brisson, 1760  
                   Genus Dupetor Heine & Reichenow, 1890  
                   Genus Egretta Forster, 1817 -- Plumed Egrets 
                   Genus Gorsachius Bonaparte, 1855  
                   Genus Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828 -- Least Bitterns 
                   Genus Mesophoyx Sharpe, 1894  
                   Genus Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887  
                   Genus Nycticorax Forster, 1817 -- Night-Herons 
                   Genus Pilherodius Bonaparte, 1855  
                   Genus Syrigma Ridgway, 1878  
                   Genus Tigriornis Sharpe, 1895  
                   Genus Tigrisoma Swainson, 1827  
                   Genus Zebrilus Bonaparte, 1855  
                   Genus Zonerodius Salvadori, 1882  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, website (version 1998)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: Alan P. Peterson; http://www.zoonomen.net/   
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ardeidae   
       

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