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The Western reef heron (Egretta gularis) belongs to the family of egrets and herons, the Ardeidae under the order Pelecaniformes.
Western reef heron taxonomy
The Ardeidae is the family of herons. The family Ardeidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The family Ardeidae comprises three subfamilies, viz., Tigriornithinae, Botaurinae and Ardeinae. The subfamily Ardeinae contains eleven extant genera, including Egretta.
The genus Egretta (egrets and herons) was first introduced by Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (9 November 1789 – 2 February 1860), an English astronomer and naturalist, in the year 1817.
The genus Egretta comprises twelve extant heron species, including Egretta gularis. This Egretta gularis heron species is polytypic.
This heron species was first described by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (29 January 1759 – 10 July 1828), a French botanist, invertebrate zoologist and entomologist, in the year 1792.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Egretta gularis |
| Species: | E. gularis |
| Genus: | Egretta |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Charles J Sharp |
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| 2.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Francis C. Franklin |
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| 3.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 4.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Shyamal |
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| 5.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by WomEOS |
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| 6.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Noel Reynolds |
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| 7.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Frans Vandewalle |
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| 8.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Frans Vandewalle |
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| 9.Western reef heron - Egretta gularis Image by Shanthanu Bhardwaj |
1.Heron image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Western_reef_egret_(Egretta_gularis_gularis)_dark_morph.jpg (cropped)
Author: Charles J Sharp | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 8/29/18
2.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_gularis_oman.jpg (cropped)
Author: Francis C. Franklin | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 8/29/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 8/29/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Shyamal | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 8/29/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/15370593@N06/3269593014 (cropped)
Author: WomEOS | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 8/29/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29237715@N05/6786523408/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Noel Reynolds | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/29/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snarfel/6859215882/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Frans Vandewalle | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 8/29/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snarfel/4414047884/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Frans Vandewalle | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 8/29/18
9.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tengen/3211156687/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Shanthanu Bhardwaj | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 8/29/18
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