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Spanning throughout the southeastern United States is a variety of members of the Ardeidae family.
Herons and egrets do not exclusively nests with members of the Ardeidae family; there are many accounts of mixed-family colonies (Erwin et al.,119; Smith,437; Bancroft et al.,50).
Attention and concern for the members of the family Ardeidae and for the members of the entire order Ciconiiformes has been ongoing since the 1930's.
www.sewanee.edu /biology/courses/bio201/Herons.html   (1147 words)

  
 InfoHub Forums - Palaeornithology of Ardeidae Birds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
More Ardeidae birds appeared during the Pliocene period (7-2 million years ago).
A large-scale proliferation of Ardeidae occurred during the Pleistocene period (2 million-50,000 years ago).
Fossils of Pleistocene Ardeidae birds have been discovered in many localities.
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 herons egrets (ardeidae): info fact sheet, photos
Medium to large; neck and legs long (shorter in bitterns), bill long pointed stout; fly with necks pulled back onto the shoulders, legs stretched out beyond their short tails, broad wings flapping slowly.
All members of the family Ardeidae have specialised feathers called powder down.
These are never moulted but fray from the tip and grow continuously from the base.
www.naturia.per.sg /buloh/birds/Ardeidae.htm   (799 words)

  
 Heron of Alexandria --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It is based on the laws of plane trigonometry, which state that, if one side and two angles of a triangle are known, the other two sides and angle can be readily calculated.
Many of the long-legged wading birds living in the marshes of saltwater lagoons, freshwater lakes, and rivers are herons.
Included in the heron family, Ardeidae, are bitterns, boatbills, and egrets.
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 AllRefer.com - egret (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
egret[Egret´] Pronunciation Key, common name for several species of herons of the Old and New Worlds, belonging to the family Ardeidae.
Before they were protected by law the birds were nearly exterminated by hunters seeking their beautiful, white, silky plumage called aigrettes, used in millinery.
Egrets are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Herodiones, family Ardeidae.
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 family ardeidae from Office, Business, Teaching & Educational Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Index of Species in the family Ardeidae (Herons Bittern...
Ardeidae (Herons Bitterns) Code Common Name Scientific Name 20-1 Botaurus stellaris 20-4 Botaurus pinnatus 20-5 Ixobrychus exilis 20-6 Ixobrychus minutus 20-7 Ixobrychus sinensis 20-10 Ixobrychus cinnamomeus 20-12 Ixobrychus flavicollis 20-13 Zonerodius heliosylus
Herons Egrets and Bitterns (Ardeidae) Code Common Name Scientific Name 20-3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 20-4 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 20-5 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 20-7 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 20-11 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
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 Heron page
Davis, D. The spread of the Cattle Egret in the United States.
Family Ardeidae (Herons) in del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., and Sargatal, J., eds.
Systematics and Evolutionary Relationships among the Herons (Ardeidae).
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 Ardeidae from Office, Business, Teaching & Educational Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ardeidae Family: Ardeidae Leach, 1820 Genera See text Within the family, all members of the genera, Botaurus and Ixobrychus are classed as bitterns, not herons.
HERONS Ardeidae Species in family 65 Species observed [DR] 49 (75%) Species photo'd [DR] 31
Family Life Within the Nests of the Ardeidae Elizabeth Bibb Spanning throughout the southeastern United States is a variety of members of the Ardeidae family.
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