Ardea is a genus o heron. The genus name comes from Laitin ardea 'heron', includes the gray heron, some o the maist common birds in the faimily Ardeidae.

Ardea
Ardea herodias
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Faimily: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Casmerodius
Megalornis Gray, 1841