Ardea herodias herodias (herodias) (Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto))

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Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto)

Ardea herodias herodias (herodias) (= Ardea herodias herodias) Linnaeus, C 1758

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Ardea
Scientific:
  Ardea herodias herodias

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.143

Protonym:
Ardea Herodias

Type locality:
America = Hudson Bay, ex Edwards.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/162/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
12FEF3A543F7382B

Avibase ID:
avibase-12FEF3A5

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/12FEF3A5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174774

English:
Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto)
French:
Grand Héron (herodias, sensu stricto)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Blue Heron (herodias) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Blue Heron (herodias) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Blue Heron (herodias) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Blue Heron (herodias) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Blue Heron (herodias) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Blue Heron (herodias) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Blue Heron (herodias) ( Ardea herodias herodias (herodias))
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ardea herodias herodias [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal suspecies (excluding synonyms)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ardea herodias herodias

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: Bernat americà
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): kwabye nwe
Czech: volavka velká
Danish: Stor Blåhejre
German: Kanadareiher
English: Great Blue Heron (herodias), Great Blue Heron (herodias, sensu stricto)
Spanish: Garza Azulada
Spanish (Colombia): Garzón Azulado
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garzón azulado
Spanish (Cuba): Garcilote
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garzón Cenizo
Spanish (Honduras): Garzón moreno
Spanish (Mexico): Garza morena
Estonian: ameerika hallhaigur
Finnish: amerikanharmaahaikara
French: Grand Héron (herodias), Grand Héron (herodias, sensu stricto)
Guadeloupean Creole French: Crabier radar
Haitian Creole: Gwo Krabye ble
Icelandic: Bláhegri
Italian: Airone azzurro maggiore
Japanese (romaji): ooaosagi
Japanese: オオアオサギ
Scientific: Ardea herodias, Ardea herodias herodias, Ardea herodias herodias (herodias)
Lithuanian: Kanadinis garnys
Dutch: Amerikaanse Blauwe Reiger
Norwegian: Herodiashegre
Polish: czapla modra
Portuguese: Garça-azul-grande
Portuguese (Brazil): Garça-azul-grande
Russian: Большая цапля
Slovak: Volavka statná
Slovenian: ameriška siva čaplja
Swedish: Amerikansk gråhäger
Turkish: Amerika Gri Balıkçılı
Chinese: 大蓝鹭