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Ardea sumatrana sumatrana

(Great-Billed Heron)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Dusky-Grey Heron, Great-Billed Heron

Common Names in French:

Héron Typhon

Common Names in German:

Rußreiher

Common Names in Japanese:

スマトラサギ

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Ciconiimorphae () - Garrod, 1874
        Order: Ardeiformes () - Wagler, 1830
        Suborder: Ciconii () -
        Infraorder: Ciconiides () -
        Parvorder: Ciconiida ()
        Superfamily: Ardeoidea () - Vigors, 1825
        Family: Ardeidae () - Leach, 1820
        Subfamily: Ardeinae ()
        Tribe: Ardeini ()
        Genus: Ardea () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Specific name: sumatrana
        Subspecies: sumatrana
        Scientific name: - Ardea sumatrana sumatrana

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ardea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. alba (Great White Egret) · A. alba alba (Great White Egret) · A. cinerea (European Blue Heron) · A. cinerea cinerea (European Blue Heron) · A. cocoi (White-Necked Heron) · A. goliath (Goliath Heron) · A. herodias (Northwestern Coast Heron) · A. herodias fannini (Great Blue Heron) · A. herodias herodias (Great Blue Heron) · A. herodias hyperonca (Great Blue Heron) · A. herodias occidentalis (Great White Heron) · A. herodias sanctilucae (Great Blue Heron) · A. herodias treganzai (Great Blue Heron) · A. herodias wardi (Great Blue Heron) · A. humbloti (Madagascar Heron) · A. imperialis (White-Bellied Heron) · A. insignis (White-Bellied Heron) · A. melanocephala (Black-Headed Heron) · A. novaehollandiae (White-Faced Heron) · A. pacifica (White-Necked Heron) · A. picata (Pied Heron) · A. purpurea (Purple Heron) · A. sumatrana (Great-Billed Heron) · A. sumatrana sumatrana (Great-Billed Heron)

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Further Reading

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A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. .. Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] url p. 232.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 94 1944 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 318, p. 424.
Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 98.
University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 17 1966 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 390.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851759
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2296052

Last Revised: 7/24/2012