Ardea

Latin ardea (“heron”).

Ardea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – great herons and certain other herons and egrets.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Ciconiiformes - order; Ardeidae - family; Ardeinae  subfamily

• (genus): Ardea cinerea (grey heron) - type species; Ardea alba (great egret, great white heron, white egret), Ardea cocoi (cocoi heron), Ardea goliath (Goliath heron, giant heron), Ardea herodias (great blue heron), Ardea humbloti (Humboldt's heron), Ardea insignis (white-bellied heron), Ardea intermedia (intermediate egret), Ardea melanocephala (black-headed heron), Ardea pacifica (white-necked heron), Ardea picata, Ardea purpurea (purple heron), Ardea sumatrana (great-billed heron) - other species

• Ardeola
• Ardeotis

• Ardea (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ardea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.de.a/, [ˈärd̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.de.a/, [ˈärd̪eä]

Ardea f sg (genitive Ardeae); first declension

1. a very ancient city of Latium, capital of the Rutuli

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Ardeās
• Ardeātīnus

• Ardea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ardea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly