Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Ardeidae > Genus Ardea

Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ardea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Egretta alba*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): egretthegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: sølvhejre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote zilverreiger sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: great egret sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: grande aigrette sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Silberreiher sources: Avibase - the world bird database

Norwegian: egretthegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Nynorsk (Norwegian): egretthegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crëyr mawr gwyn

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (37 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (564 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159381