NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Ardeinae
  Family - Ardeidae
  Order - Pelecaniformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Egretta thula
      Species - Egretta garzetta
      Species - Egretta ardesiaca
      Species - Egretta dimorpha
      Species - Egretta eulophotes
      Species - Egretta gularis
      Species - Egretta intermedia
      Species - Egretta rufescens
      Species - Egretta sacra
      Species - Egretta tricolor
      Species - Egretta caerulea
      Species - Egretta novaehollandiae
      Species - Egretta vinaceigula
      Species - Egretta picata