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Egretta caerulea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- little blue heron
(bird)
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Egretta (Genus)
..Egretta ardesiaca (Species) - black heron
..Egretta dimorpha (Species) - dimorphic egret
..Egretta eulophotes (Species) - Chinese egret
..Egretta garzetta (Species) - little egret
..Egretta gularis (Species) - western reef egret
..Egretta intermedia (Species) - intermediate egret
..Egretta novaehollandiae (Species) - white-faced heron
..Egretta picata (Species) - pied heron
..Egretta rufescens (Species) - reddish egret
..Egretta sacra (Species) - Pacific reef egret
..Egretta thula (Species) - snowy egret
..Egretta tricolor (Species) - tricolored heron
..Egretta vinaceigula (Species) - slaty egret
..Egretta caerulea (Species) - little blue heron
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 143.
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:
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:
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:
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Basionym
:
Ardea caerulea
Linnaeus, 1758
Different combination
:
Florida caerulea
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kleine blauwe reiger
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
little blue heron
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 88.
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