[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
Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 - great blue heron