Ardea herodias (great blue heron) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Ciconiiformes (storks and relatives)
        
        Family Ardeidae (herons)
        
        Subfamily Ardeinae (herons and egrets)
        
        Genus Ardea (great herons)
        
        Species Ardea herodias (great blue heron)
        
        Subspecies Ardea herodias cognata
        
        Subspecies Ardea herodias fannini
        
        Subspecies Ardea herodias herodias
        
        Subspecies Ardea herodias occidentalis