Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Butorides Blyth, 1852

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WoRMS taxon details

Butorides Blyth, 1852

AphiaID

159111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159111)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ardeidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (1)

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Species Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Size: small and stocky. Other details: short legs; short heavy necks; large bill; strongly curved claws.

Description Size: small and stocky. Other details: short legs; short heavy necks; large bill; strongly curved claws. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Butorides Blyth, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159111 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Description Size: small and stocky. Other details: short legs; short heavy necks; large bill; strongly curved claws. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Butorides)
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