Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758 (gray heron)
Reptilia - Natatores - Ardeidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 83488
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Ardea according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ardea alba, Ardea aurelianensis, Ardea brunhuberi, Ardea cocoi, Ardea effosa, Ardea formosa, Ardea herodias, Ardea humbloti, Ardea intermedia, Ardea latipes, Ardea lignitum, Ardea paloccidentalis, Ardea perplexa, Ardea piveteaui, Ardea polkensis, Ardea purpurea
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: volant piscivore