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Great White Egret |
| Ardea alba |
| Taxonomy |
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| Great White Egret (Ardea alba) in São Paulo, Brazil. |
The Great White Egret (Ardea alba) was registered by Linnaeus in 1758. |
The Great White Egret (Ardea alba) in the Animal Kingdom |
Classification |
Name |
Notes |
Kingdom |
Animalia |
Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion. |
Subkingdom |
Eumetazoa |
Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides. |
Branch |
Bilateria |
Body with two symmetrical opposing sides. |
Phylum |
Chordata |
Chordates |
Subphylum |
Vertebrata |
Vertebrates |
Superclass |
Gnathostomata |
Vertebrates with jaws. |
Class |
Aves |
Birds: Vertebrates with feathers. |
Superorder |
Neognathae |
Birds of Flight |
Order |
Ciconiiformes |
Storks and relatives |
Family |
Ardeidae |
Herons |
Tribe |
Ardeini |
Day Herons |
Genus |
Ardea |
Big Herons |
Species |
Ardea alba |
Great White Egret |
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The Subspecies of the Great White Egret (Ardea alba) |
Subspecie
Registered by and year |
Distribution |
Ardea alba alba
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Europe, north and west Asia, Africa north of the Sahara. |
Ardea alba modesta
J. E. Gray, 1831 |
Eastern Asia, Oceania |
Ardea alba melanorhynchos
Wagler, 1827 |
Africa south of the Sahara. Madagascar. |
Ardea alba egretta
J. F. Gmelin, 1789 |
Americas |
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