Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Geelbekwitreier
Common Names in Dutch:
Middelste Zilverreiger
Common Names in English:
Intermediate Egret, Plumed Egret, Yellow-Billed Egret, Yellowbilled Egret
Common Names in Finnish:
Pikkujalohaikara
Common Names in German:
Mittelreiher
Common Names in Japanese:
チュウサギ
Taxonomy
- 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
()
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ardeiformes
(
- Superorder:
Ciconiimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Egretta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. alba (Great White Egret) · E. ardesiaca (Black Egret) · E. caerulea (Little Blue Heron) · E. caerulea caerulea (Little Blue Heron) · E. dimorpha (Madagascar Heron) · E. eulophotes (Swinhoe's Egret) · E. garzetta (Little Egret) · E. garzetta garzetta (Little Egret) · E. garzetta nigripes (Little Egret) · E. gularis (Western Reef Egret) · E. gularis gularis (African Reef Heron) · E. ibis (Cattle Egret) · E. ibis ibis (Cattle Egret) · E. intermedia (Yellow-Billed Egret) · E. intermedia intermedia (Yellow-Billed Egret) · E. novaehollandiae (White-Faced Egret) · E. novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (White-Faced Heron) · E. picata (Pied Heron) · (Dickey's Egret) · E. rufescens dickeyi (Dickey's Egret) · E. rufescens rufescens (Dickey's Egret) · E. sacra (Eastern Reef Egret) · E. sacra sacra (Eastern Reef Egret) · E. thula (Little White Egret) · E. thula brewsteri (Snowy Egret) · E. thula thula (Snowy Egret) · E. tricolor (Tricoloured Heron) · E. tricolor ruficollis (Louisiana Heron) · E. tricolor tricolor (Tricoloured Heron) · E. vinaceigula (Brown-Throaded Heron)
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Further Reading
- 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.
- Birds of the Philippine Islands: Siquijor, Mount Malindang, Bohol, and Samar / Austin L. Rand and Dioscoro S. Rabor. 35 1958 Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. url p. 320, p. 372.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 38.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 109 1953 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 326.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 209.
- Protozoa. .. by B. L. Bhatia. .. London, Taylor and Francis, 1936- url p. 22, p. 222, p. 252.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 3 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 659, p. 82.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 27, 2006. http://www.gbif.org
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1692366
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 817886
