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Ardea herodias cognata Bangs, 1903

Garzón Azul de Galápagos, Garza morena, Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron), Las Tintoreras, Puerto Villamil, Isabela Photo: Frank Bungartz, CDF, 2009.

Ardea herodias cognata, Floreana Island, Galapagos. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2009.

Ardea herodias cognata, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2004.

Ardea herodias cognata. Photo: Deborah Freund, CDF, 2012.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Pelecaniformes

Family
Ardeidae

Genus
Ardea

Species
herodias

Subspecies
cognata

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758; Ardea herodias Gould 1841

Taxon origin: Endemic

Status

Distribution

Distribution: Breeds only on the main islands, usually in the coastal zones.

References

Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Milstead, B., Márquez, C., Zabala, J., Buitrón, P., Llerena, A., et al. (2007) Galapagos vertebrates: endangered status and conservation actions. Galapagos Report 2006–2007. Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, p. 104–110.
Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
Salvin, O. (1876) On the avifauna of the Galápagos Archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9: 447-510.
Swarth, H.S. (1931) The Avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 18: 1-299.
Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517

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