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These are powerful birds with large spear-like bills, long necks and long legs, which hunt by waiting motionless or stalking their prey in shallow water before seizing it with a sudden lunge. They have a slow steady flight, with the neck retracted as is characteristic of herons and
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North
America, as far north as Alaska and the southern Canadian provinces in summer; winter migrating is along waterways of the southernmost mainland United States, the coastal
610:, from Florida west to the California coast; most states of México, all of Central America; most Caribbean islands; northern South America (north of Argentina).
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Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis
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Most of Asia south from Russia; sub-Saharan Africa and the
Mediterranean; North, Central and South America; the Caribbean islands.
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A List of the Genera of Birds : with an
Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus
1068:(in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 141.
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herons in everything but color, whereas it shows fewer similarities to the smaller white
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The genus contains twelve species:, although this increases to 14 with the split of
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19:"Megalornis" redirects here. This name was also (invalidly) given to
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are clearly very closely related, such as the grey, great blue, and
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These large herons are associated with wetlands where they prey on
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sp. (Early
Pleistocene of Macasphalt Shell Pit, US) (fossil)
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468:. Nevertheless, this species closely resembles the large
1135:"Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop, Shoebill, pelicans"
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Sub-Saharan Africa; small population in South Asia.
1161:"IOC World Bird List v13.2 Proposed Splits/Lumps"
403:was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist
2444:
988:or a closely related genera. "Ardea formosa" (a
952:sp. (Late Miocene of Love Bone Bed, US) (fossil)
942:sp. (Middle Miocene of Observation Quarry, US) (
806:Africa; central and southern Europe; South and
1193:
1082:The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
978:are nowadays usually believed to be from an
958:(Early Pliocene of Bone Valley, US) (fossil)
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1115:. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 66.
909:species are only known from subfossil or
1085:. London: Christopher Helm. p. 54.
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564:islands, south of France, Italy, the
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2404:A051C89D-7611-61CA-0FEF-C353543BCA98
2365:062db101-2cf8-45a3-95dd-d53b9e6cde75
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677:Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
13:
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830:, great white heron or white egret
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351:, left) resembles the other
7:
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877:Southeast Asia, Indochina.
490:A. intermedia brachyrhyncha
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1079:Jobling, James A. (2010).
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974:The remains described as
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315:Northern species such as
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75:Scientific classification
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498:A. intermedia plumifera
363:, right) only in color.
429:was designated as the
364:
2386:Paleobiology Database
425:meaning "heron". The
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25:and was proposed for
2272:Fauna Europaea (new)
1133:, eds. (July 2021).
921:may be provisional:
355:in habitus, and the
1107:Gray, George Robert
855:Sub-Saharan Africa
851:Yellow-billed egret
846:Ardea brachyrhyncha
717:White-bellied heron
668:Ardea melanocephala
580:, coastal Morocco,
546:Indian Subcontinent
486:yellow-billed egret
1129:; Donsker, David;
1037:Eurasian eagle-owl
1002:"Ardea" brunhuberi
739:Great-billed heron
673:Black-headed heron
650:White-necked heron
574:Sub-Saharan Africa
548:, Iran, Iraq, the
502:intermediate egret
439:George Robert Gray
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1546:Threskiornithidae
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1131:Rasmussen, Pamela
1092:978-1-4081-2501-4
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1029:"Ardea" lignitum
886:
868:Ardea intermedia
864:
842:
819:
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686:
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652:or Pacific heron
641:
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602:Great blue heron
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444:Some members of
361:Egretta garzetta
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63:Great blue heron
57:
43:Temporal range:
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2052:Tigriornithinae
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956:Ardea polkensis
930:Ardea bennuides
890:Ardea plumifera
734:Ardea sumatrana
695:Humblot's heron
632:South America.
513:Scientific name
482:
456:. However, the
452:, which form a
414:Systema Naturae
407:in 1758 in the
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1270:Pelecaniformes
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1255:Pelecaniformes
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1060:Linnaeus, Carl
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976:Ardea perplexa
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968:Ardea howardae
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2153:Wikispecies
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1943:Pilherodius
1800:Calherodius
1755:Theristicus
1748:Thaumatibis
1639:Plataleinae
1535:Xenerodiops
1452:See below ↓
1391:Eopelecanus
1379:Pelecanidae
1348:Balaeniceps
1309:Torotigidae
1127:Gill, Frank
991:nomen nudum
934:prehistoric
926:Bennu heron
828:Great egret
760:Philippines
752:Australasia
655:Australia.
628:Cocoi heron
623:Ardea cocoi
608:Gulf states
558:Green Spain
516:Common Name
458:great egret
345:great egret
335:Description
228:Casmerodius
148:Subfamily:
67:A. herodias
2447:Categories
2071:Tigriornis
2064:Taphophoyx
2004:Ixobrychus
1988:Botaurinae
1977:Zonerodius
1936:Nyctanassa
1929:Nycticorax
1922:Gorsachius
1847:Proardeola
1706:Lophotibis
1699:Geronticus
1678:Bostrychia
1567:Gerandibis
1511:Ardeacites
1368:Paludiavis
1208:Genera of
1047:References
997:Proardeola
985:Geronticus
823:Ardea alba
744:South Asia
537:Grey heron
431:grey heron
386:spoonbills
349:Ardea alba
317:great blue
310:colonially
192:grey heron
47:to present
2078:Tigrisoma
1970:Zeltornis
1908:Butorides
1858:Agamiinae
1837:Oroanassa
1830:Nyctisoma
1810:Eoceornis
1741:Pseudibis
1692:Eudocimus
1671:Apteribis
1628:Xenicibis
1618:Vadaravis
1408:Pelecanus
1358:Goliathia
1294:Cladornis
1229:Kingdom:
1145:10 August
1041:Bubo bubo
1023:Miogallus
1018:partridge
1010:cormorant
994:) is now
808:East Asia
756:Indonesia
748:Indochina
556:regions;
441:in 1840.
382:flamingos
272:Tonophoyx
250:Mesophoyx
98:Kingdom:
92:Eukaryota
2138:Wikidata
2021:Zebrilus
2014:Pikaihao
1997:Botaurus
1953:Proardea
1901:Bubulcus
1878:Ardeinae
1777:Ardeidae
1734:Plegadis
1727:Phimosus
1720:Nipponia
1685:Cercibis
1648:Platalea
1598:Protibis
1587:Mopsitta
1419:Scopidae
1330:Pelecani
1237:Chordata
1235:Phylum:
1231:Animalia
1218:pelicans
1109:(1840).
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570:Adriatic
554:Caucasus
392:Taxonomy
370:bitterns
239:Herodias
219:Synonyms
206:Species
198:Linnaeus
169:Linnaeus
152:Ardeinae
142:Ardeidae
138:Family:
112:Chordata
108:Phylum:
102:Animalia
88:Domain:
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22:Dasornis
2425:ZooBank
2316:1325662
2290:2480922
2194:Avibase
2144:Q310853
1960:Syrigma
1915:Egretta
1894:Ardeola
1319:Torotix
1253:Order:
1247:Clade:
1241:Class:
919:Egretta
917:versus
582:Algeria
566:Balkans
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411:of his
329:migrate
267:, 1913
265:Mathews
256:, 1894
243:F. Boie
234:, 1842
158:Genus:
128:Order:
118:Class:
2463:Herons
2417:159380
2378:860130
2362:NZOR:
2329:174772
2246:EURING
2238:1ARDEG
1867:Agamia
1820:Matuku
1577:Milnea
1428:Scopus
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576:, the
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474:egrets
421:word
384:, and
378:cranes
374:storks
323:, and
295:herons
254:Sharpe
232:Gloger
200:, 1758
2412:WoRMS
2399:Plazi
2391:39542
2355:30389
2311:IRMNG
2264:96629
2186:Ardea
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2159:Ardea
2129:Ardea
1887:Ardea
1487:Ardei
1443:Ardei
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510:Image
470:Ardea
446:Ardea
437:) by
423:ardea
419:Latin
401:Ardea
398:genus
353:Ardea
306:frogs
291:genus
289:is a
286:Ardea
261:Myola
245:1822
163:Ardea
39:Ardea
2350:NCBI
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2285:GBIF
2251:1259
2233:EPPO
2225:32FH
2212:4584
2207:BOLD
1243:Aves
1210:ibis
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552:and
550:Ural
464:and
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327:may
321:grey
302:fish
173:1758
122:Aves
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