Subfamily Ardeinae Leach, 1820
- Ardeidae Leach, W.E. 1820. Eleventh Room. pp. 65-70 in Leach, W.E. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London : British Museum. [69] [original spelling].
Type genus:
Ardea Linnaeus, 1758 [Ardea Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 141 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray, 1840 (List Gen. Birds: 66): Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 143) (Aves). Op. 67 Ardeola, Dromas, Paykull, 1805, K. Vetensk.- Dromas Paykull, 1805) (Aves). Direction 43].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [131]. - Cancromidae Bonaparte, C.L. 1853. Classification ornithologique par series. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 37(18): 641-647 [643].
Type genus:
Cancroma Linnaeus, 1766 [a junior synonym of Cochlearius Brisson 1760]. - Nycticoracinae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 4 1(2): 105-152 [142] [Nycticoracini Bonaparte, 1854 (Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817) conserved conditionally in preference to Cochleariini Chenu and des Murs, 1854 (1838) (Cochlearius Brisson, 1760) [Art. 79(b)(iii)].
Type genus:
Nycticorax Forster, T., 1817.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [131]. - Cochleariidae Ridgway, R. 1887. A manual of North American birds. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co. pp.xi+631. [122].
Type genus:
Cochlearius Brisson, 1780.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | CICONIIFORMES | 29-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |