NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Butorides striata actophila
      Subspecies - Butorides striata albolimbata
      Subspecies - Butorides striata amurensis
      Subspecies - Butorides striata atricapilla
      Subspecies - Butorides striata brevipes
      Subspecies - Butorides striata chloriceps
      Subspecies - Butorides striata crawfordi
      Subspecies - Butorides striata degens
      Subspecies - Butorides striata idenburgi
      Subspecies - Butorides striata javanica
      Subspecies - Butorides striata macrorhyncha
      Subspecies - Butorides striata moluccarum
      Subspecies - Butorides striata papuensis
      Subspecies - Butorides striata patruelis
      Subspecies - Butorides striata rhizophorae
      Subspecies - Butorides striata rutenbergi
      Subspecies - Butorides striata solomonensis
      Subspecies - Butorides striata spodiogaster
      Subspecies - Butorides striata stagnatilis
      Subspecies - Butorides striata striata