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Ardeinae

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Ardeinae
Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Subfamily: Ardeinae
Genera

13, see text

Ardeinae is a subfamily of herons, which includes the day herons, night herons, and egrets.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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Extant Genera

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Image Genus Living species
Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – typical night herons
Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887 – American night herons
Gorsachius Bonaparte, 1855 – Asian and African night herons
Butorides Blyth, 1852 – green-backed herons
Agamia Reichenbach, 1853 – Agami heron
Pilherodius Reichenbach, 1853 – capped heron
Ardeola F. Boie, 1822 – pond herons
Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 – cattle egrets
Ardea – typical herons
Syrigma Ridgway, 1878 – whistling heron
EgrettaT. Forster, 1817 – typical egrets

Fossils

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References

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  1. ^ Sheldon, Frederick H.; McCracken, Kevin G.; Stuebing, Keeley D. (1995). "Phylogenetic relationships of the zigzag heron (Zebrilus undulatus) and white-crested bittern (Tigriornis leucolophus) estimated by DNA-DNA hybridization" (PDF). Auk. 112 (3): 672–679. JSTOR 4088682.
  2. ^ Sheldon, Frederick H.; Jones, Clare E.; McCracken, Kevin G. (2000). "Relative Patterns and Rates of Evolution in Heron Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17 (3): 437–450. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026323. PMID 10723744. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-07.