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Classification of the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in the Animal Kingdom

Ardeini
 Ardea alba
 Ardea cinerea
 Ardea cocoi
 Ardea goliath
 Ardea herodias
 Ardea humbloti
 Ardea insignis
 Ardea melanocephala
 Ardea pacifica
 Ardea purpurea
 Ardea sumatrana
 Ardeola bacchus
 Ardeola grayii
 Ardeola idae
 Ardeola ralloides
 Ardeola rufiventris
 Ardeola speciosa
 Bubulcus ibis
 Butorides striata
 Butorides sundevalli
 Butorides virescens
 Egretta ardesiaca
 Egretta caerulea
 Egretta dimorpha
 Egretta eulophotes
 Egretta garzetta
 Egretta gularis
 Egretta intermedia
 Egretta novaehollandiae
 Egretta picata
 Egretta rufescens
 Egretta sacra
 Egretta thula
 Egretta tricolor
 Egretta vinaceigula
 Pilherodius pileatus
 Syrigma sibilatrix

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Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Taxonomy

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) was registered by Linnaeus in 1758.


The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 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 herodias

Great Blue Heron



The Subspecies of the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Subspecie
Registered by and year

Distribution

Ardea herodias fannini
Chapman, 1901

Pacific Coast Alaska to Washington

Ardea herodias herodias
Linnaeus, 1758

Southern Canada to Central America

Ardea herodias occidentalis
Audubon, 1835

South Florida, Caribbean Islands

Ardea herodias cognata
Bangs, 1903

Galapagos Islands




More information on the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias):
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