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Taxon: Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets (bird)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon ofArdeiformes (Order) Wagler, 1830
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Ardeinae (Subfamily) Leach, 1820 Ref: E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003: 85. [implicit]

Variants

Different rankArdeinae (Subfamily) Leach, 1820
Incorrect authorshipArdeidae (Family) Vigors, 1825

Synonyms

IncludingBotaurinae (Subfamily) Bock, 1956
IncludingBotaurini (Tribe) Bock, 1956
IncludingCochleariidae (Family) Ridgway, 1887
IncludingCochleariini (Tribe)
IncludingNycticoracinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1854
IncludingNycticoracini (Tribe) Bock, 1956
IncludingTigrisomatinae (Subfamily) Payne & Risley, 1976
IncludingZebrilini (Tribe)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namereigers

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameherons, bitterns and egrets Ref: E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003: 84.
herons, bitterns
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