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A. c. cinerea at Jamnagar, India Grey heron and Caudipteryx skeletons. Grey herons belong to the subfamily Ardeinae, along with the majority of extant species, which are known as the "typical herons". [2] The grey heron was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.
Mauritius night heron (X) Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton, E & Gadow, 1893) 27 Rodrigues night heron (X) Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) 28 Nankeen night heron: Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 29 Malayan night heron: Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822) 30 Japanese night heron: Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck, 1836) 31 ...
The genus name comes from the Latin word ardea meaning "heron". [2] The type species was designated as the grey heron (Ardea cinerea) by George Robert Gray in 1840. [3] Some members of Ardea are clearly very closely related, such as the grey, great blue, and cocoi herons, which form a superspecies.
The smallest species is usually considered the dwarf bittern, which measures 25–30 cm (10–12 in) in length, although all the species in the genus Ixobrychus are small and many broadly overlap in size. The largest species of heron is the goliath heron, which stands up to 152 cm (60 in) tall. All herons can retract their necks by folding them ...
Sharing space on a log with a grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) and a group of little cormorants (Microcarbo niger) (Karnataka, India) Owing to its wide distribution across so much of the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe and Asia, the great egret shares its habitat with many other similar species.
Herons are various species of birds within the bird family Ardeidae. They are members of differing genera and are grouped here for simplicity only. Subcategories
This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. [1] ... Gray heron, Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758; Great blue heron, ...
Rufous-bellied heron, Ardeola rufiventris; Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 – cattle egrets: Western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis; Eastern cattle egret, Bubulcus coromandus; Ardea – typical herons: Great blue heron, Ardea herodias; Grey heron, Ardea cinerea; Goliath heron, Ardea goliath; Cocoi heron, Ardea cocoi ; White-necked heron or Pacific heron ...