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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Ciconiiformes (storks and relatives)
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Family Ardeidae (herons)
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Subfamily Ardeinae (herons and egrets)
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Genus Ardea (great herons)
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Species Ardea alba (great egret) -
Species Ardea cinerea (grey heron) -
Species Ardea cocoi (Cocoi heron) -
Species Ardea goliath (goliath heron)
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Species Ardea herodias (great blue heron)
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Species Ardea humbloti (Humblot's heron)
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Species Ardea insignis (white-bellied heron)
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Species Ardea melanocephala (black-headed heron)
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Species Ardea pacifica (Pacific heron)
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Species Ardea purpurea (purple heron)
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Species Ardea sumatrana (great-billed heron)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
