Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
(Grey Heron, Heron)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArdea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron)
GenusArdea (a genus of birds)
FamilyARDEIDAE (egrets and herons)
OrderCICONIIFORMES (herons, spoonbills and storks)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron) :
1: Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron)
5 Nov 2017 OSGR: TQ38 51° 40’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: South Essex (VC 18) England
hunting, in shade of Weeping Willow
Image 1: Hunting, in shade of Weeping WillowImage 2: Hunting, in shade of Weeping Willow (2)Image 3: Hunting, in shade of Weeping Willow (3)
2: Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron)
31 Oct 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
5 Herons, along the water’s edge
Image 1: 5 Herons, along water\'s edge

Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron)
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