ARDEIDAE
(egrets and herons)

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Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 28 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

ARDEIDAE (egrets and herons) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARDEIDAE (egrets and herons)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ARDEIDAE (egrets and herons)
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