Ardeinae
Appearance
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Subfamily of herons
Ardeinae | |
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Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta) | |
Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Ardeidae |
Subfamily: | Ardeinae |
Genera | |
13, see text |
Ardeinae is a subfamily of herons, which includes the day herons, night herons, and egrets.[1] [2]
Taxonomy
[edit ]Extant Genera
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Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – typical night herons |
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Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887 – American night herons |
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Gorsachius Bonaparte, 1855 – Asian and African night herons |
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Butorides Blyth, 1852 – green-backed herons |
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Agamia Reichenbach, 1853 – Agami heron |
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Pilherodius Reichenbach, 1853 – capped heron |
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Ardeola F. Boie, 1822 – pond herons |
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Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 – cattle egrets |
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Ardea – typical herons |
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Syrigma Ridgway, 1878 – whistling heron |
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Egretta T. Forster, 1817 – typical egrets |
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Fossils
[edit ]- Genus †Proardea (fossil)
- Genus †Zeltornis (fossil, Early Miocene of Djebel Zelten, Libya)
- Genus undetermined
- †Easter Island heron, Ardeidae gen. et sp. indet. (prehistoric)
References
[edit ]- ^ Sheldon, Frederick H.; McCracken, Kevin G.; Stuebing, Keeley D. (1995). "Phylogenetic relationships of the zigzag heron (Zebrilus undulatus) and white-crested bittern (Tigriornis leucolophus) estimated by DNA-DNA hybridization" (PDF). Auk . 112 (3): 672–679. JSTOR 4088682.
- ^ Sheldon, Frederick H.; Jones, Clare E.; McCracken, Kevin G. (2000). "Relative Patterns and Rates of Evolution in Heron Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17 (3): 437–450. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026323 . PMID 10723744. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006年09月07日.
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