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Ardeola

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Description

Pond herons (Ardeola) are herons, typically 40–50 cm (16–20 in) long with an 80–100 cm (31–39 in) wingspan. Most breed in the tropical Old World, but the migratory squacco heron occurs in southern Europe and the Middle East and winters in Africa. The scientific name comes from Latin ardeola, a small heron (ardea).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeola, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2480901	https://www.gbif.org/species/2480901
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	142806	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=142806

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Ardeidae : Ardeola

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
-	Natatores	Baird 1858
-	Steganograllatores	Livezey and Zusi 2007
superorder	Pelecanimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Pelecaniformes	Sharpe 1891
family	Ardeidae	Leach 1820
subfamily	Ardeinae
genus	Ardeola	Boie 1822

Common Name

pond heron

Scientific Name

Ardeola Boie, 1822

Name Published In

Boie, Friedrich. 1822. Ueber Classification, insonderheit der europäischen Vögel. Isis von Oken 1822(5): col.545-564.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ardeola	genus	belongs to Ardeinae	stated with evidence	Becker, 1985

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Ardeidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

piscivore (based on Ardeidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Becker. 1985. Fossil herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1):24-31

Common Name(s)

Pond Heron

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeola

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Ardeola bacchus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ardeola grayii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ardeola idae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ardeola prasinosceles species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ardeola ralloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ardeola rufiventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ardeola speciosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Erythrocnus Sharpe, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Ardeidae : *Erythrocnus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1822	Ardeola Boie
1985	Ardeola Becker p. 28

References

Becker J. J. (1985) Fossil herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Florida, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5 1, 24-31

SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Isis (Oken), 1822 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Cooper,J. E.,Pérez,J. M.,Ruiz-Martínez,L. (1996) Occurrence of chewing lice on Spanish raptors - via Phthiraptera.info

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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