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Ardeola Boie, 1822 
AphiaID: 203936

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Ciconiiformes (Order) > Ardeidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Genus
Parent Ardeidae
Sources  basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Ardeola idae (Hartlaub, 1860)
Species Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
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To ITIS
Note  Description: Size: small, stocky. Plumage: cryptic on ground, white on wings shows on takeoff. Othe details: legs short; claws long. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203936
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-05 13:59:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ardeola Boie, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203936 on 2013-05-26
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