[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
     Branch Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
       Division Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 see Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888
         Subdivision Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
           Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
             Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
               Superclass Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - tetrapods see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
                 Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
                   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                     Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
                       Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
                         Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
                           Genus Ardea Linnaeus, 1758
                           Genus Butorides Blyth, 1852
                           Genus Casmerodius Gloger, 1842 see Genus Ardea Linnaeus, 1758
                           Genus Egretta Forster, 1817
                           Genus Nycticorax Forster, 1817