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

Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ardea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: amerikaanse blauwe reiger; great blue heron sources: Avibase - the world bird database;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Great Blue Heron sources: Charles Hussey

French: Grand Héron sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Kanadareiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: didysis pilkasis garnys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: czapla modra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большая голубая цапля sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: ameriška siva čaplja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: garza azulada sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: büyük mavi balıkçıl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Велика блакитна чапля; Велика синє чапля

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	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
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	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

Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GenBank (96 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1069 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Ardea herodias 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:159382

Drs Cees Roselaar. Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96659