Ardeidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelecaniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Aequornithes Ordo: Pelecaniformes

Familia: Ardeidae
Subfamiliae: Agamiinae – Ardeinae – Botaurinae – Cochleariinae – Tigriornithinae
Genera: Agamia – Ardea – Ardeola – Botaurus – Bubulcus – Butorides – Calherodius – Cochlearius – Egretta – Gorsachius – Ixobrychus – Nyctanassa – Nycticorax – Oroanassa – Pilherodius – Syrigma – Tigriornis – Tigrisoma – Zebrilus – Zonerodius

Genera extincta: †Matuku – †Pikaihao

Name

Ardeidae Leach, 1820

Synonyms

Ardeadae (protonym)

References

Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1820. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum: Eleventh Room. British Museum. London. 17th edition: 65–70. (Although the name of the author is not specified in the document, Leach was the Keeper of Zoology at the time). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.144385 Reference page. p. 69 "Ardeadæ"

Additional references

Huang, Z.H., Li, M.F., & Qin, J.W. 2016. DNA barcoding and phylogenetic relationships of Ardeidae (Aves: Ciconiiformes). Genet. Mol. Res. 15 (3): gmr.15038270 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15038270
Päckert, M., Hering, J., Fuchs, E., Barthel, P., & Heim, W. 2014. Genetic barcoding confirms first breeding record of the Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis, (Aves: Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae) in the Western Palearctic. Vertebrate Zoology 64 (2): 251–260 archive.
Scofield, R.P., Worthy, T.H., & Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand. In: Boles, W.E., & Worthy, T.H. (eds) Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Records of the Australian Museum 62: 89–104. ISSN: 0067-1975 DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1542
Zhou, X., Lin, Q., Fang, W., & Chen, X. 2014. The complete mitochondrial genomes of sixteen ardeid birds revealing the evolutionary process of the gene rearrangements. BMC Genomics 2014 15: 573 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-573
Hruska J.P., Holmes, J., Oliveros, C., Shakya, S.B., Lavretsky, P., McCracken, K.G., Sheldon, F.H. & Moyle, R.G.. 2023. Ultraconserved elements resolve the phylogeny and corroborate patterns of molecular rate variation in herons (Aves: Ardeidae). Ornithology 140(2): ukad005 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad005 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Reier
asturianu: Garza
azərbaycanca: Vağ
беларуская: Чаплевыя
български: Чаплови
বাংলা: বক
brezhoneg: Kerc'heiz
bosanski: Čaplja
català: Bernat
čeština: Volavka
dansk: Hejre
Deutsch: Reiher
Ελληνικά: Ερωδιός
English: Heron
Esperanto: Ardeo
español: Garza
eesti: Haigur
euskara: Koartza
Nordfriisk: Heegern
français: Ardéidés
Gaeilge: Corr réisc
galego: Garzas
Avañe'ẽ: Guyratĩ
עברית: אנפה
hrvatski: Čaplja
magyar: Gémfélék
Bahasa Indonesia: Kuntul
italiano: Airone
日本語: サギ科
Jawa: Kuntul
한국어: 왜가리과
lietuvių: Garnys
македонски: Чапји
Nederlands: Reigers
ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ବଗ
polski: Czaplowate
português: Garça
Runa Simi: Waqar
română: Stârc
русский: Цаплевые
svenska: Hägrar
Kiswahili: Kingoyo
Tagalog: Bakaw
Türkçe: Balıkçılgiller
татарча / tatarça: Челән
українська: Чапля
Tiếng Việt: Họ Diệc
中文: 鷺科