North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

159380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159380)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ardeidae Vigors, 1825

Original name

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (8)

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Species Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827
Species Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758
Species Ardea garzetta Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1827 accepted as Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagler, 1829) (synonym)
Species Ardea novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 accepted as Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) (synonym)
Species Ardea sacra J.F.Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ardea striata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Ardea thula Molina, 1782 accepted as Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Description Size: medium to large. Plumage: with lanceolate crest and scapular plumes.

Description Size: medium to large. Plumage: with lanceolate crest and scapular plumes. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Ardea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159380 on 2025-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-05 13:59:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2017-04-19 10:18:27Z

checked

Tasker, Mark

2022-07-19 06:09:59Z

changed

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Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Description Size: medium to large. Plumage: with lanceolate crest and scapular plumes. [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	アオサギ属	[details]

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