Ardea

**Ardea**
	genus of birds in the Heron family (Ardeidae)
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	العربية: بلشون; مصرى: ارديا; Kotava: Zenki; azərbaycanca: Əsl vağ; български: Чапли; भोजपुरी: आर्डेइया; भोजपुरी: आर्डेइया; чӑвашла: Чарлан; eesti: Haigur; فارسی: حواصیل‌های نمادین; suomi: Harmaahaikarat; עברית: אנפה; гӀалгӀай: Чкъаьрийдуаргаш; 日本語: アオサギ属; адыгэбзэ: Псыхэуэхэр; қазақша: Құтандардың негізгі туысы; lietuvių: Tikrieji garniai; latviešu: Gārņi; Malagasy: Vano; മലയാളം: ആർഡിയ; русский: Цапли; саха тыла: Бороҥ кутаннар уустара; slovenščina: čaplja; Kiswahili: Koikoi; தமிழ்: ஆர்டியா; татарча / tatarça: Челәннәр; українська: Чапля; 中文: 鹭属; 中文（中国大陆）: 鹭属; 中文（简体）: 鹭属; 中文（繁體）: 蒼鷺屬; 中文（香港）: 鷺屬; 中文（新加坡）: 鹭属; 中文（臺灣）: 鷺屬;
Taxonomy
Infraorder	Tetanurae
Clade	Coelurosauria
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Infraclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Aequornithes
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Ardeidae
Subfamily	Ardeinae
Genus	Ardea
Taxon author	Carl Linnaeus, 1758
Authority file
	Q310853; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007295558405171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 30389; ITIS TSN: 174772; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 45511349; Fossilworks taxon ID: 39542; GBIF taxon ID: 2480922; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 159380; ZooBank ID for name or act: 658E76A7-FDC9-4A45-94B8-202247A1E301; Fauna Europaea ID: 96629; Plazi ID: A051C89D-7611-61CA-0FEF-C353543BCA98; Avibase taxon ID: E7C4CA9BF21AEE9E; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 062db101-2cf8-45a3-95dd-d53b9e6cde75; EPPO Code: 1ARDEG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 4950; NBN System Key: NBNSYS0000188660; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4584; ADW taxon ID: Ardea; IRMNG ID: 1325662
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For the city in Italy, see Category:Ardea (Italy)

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Pelecaniformes • Familia: Ardeidae • Subfamilia: Ardeinae • Genus: Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular names

English: Heron
brezhoneg: Kerc'heiz
dansk: Hejre
Deutsch: Reiher
español: Garza
eesti: Haigur
euskara: Koartza
français: Héron
galego: Garza
hrvatski: Čaplja
italiano: Airone
lietuvių: Tikrieji garniai
македонски: Чапјa
Nederlands: Reiger
polski: Czapla
português: Garça
română: Stârc
svenska: Häger
Türkçe: Balıkçıl
Tiếng Việt: Họ Diệc

Included species (for IOC classification 6.2):

A. alba, A. cinerea, A. cocoi, A. goliath, A. herodias, A. humbloti, A. insignis, A. intermedia, A. melanocephala, A. pacifica, A. purpurea, A. sumatrana

Note: IOC classification 6.2 has moved Egretta intermedia here from genus Egretta as species Ardea intermedia

Included species (for IOC classification 2.6):

A. alba, A. cinerea, A. cocoi, A. goliath, A. herodias, A. humbloti, A. insignis, A. melanocephala, A. modesta, A. pacifica, A. purpurea, A. sumatrana