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 - Ardeola bacchus
      Species - Ardeola grayii
      Species - Ardeola idae
      Species - Ardeola ralloides
      Species - Ardeola speciosa
      Species - Ardeola rufiventris