The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Afrardea
(Ardeidae; syn. Ardea † Black-headed Heron A. melanocephala) L. Afer, Afra African < Africa Africa; genus Ardea Linnaeus, 1758, heron; " A. melanocephala Vig. and Childr. should be subgenerically separated on account of its smaller size and shorter bill, for which the new name of AFRARDEA may be used." (A. Roberts 1922); "Afrardea A. Roberts, 1922, Annals Transvaal Mus., VIII (4), p. 203. Type, by monotypy, Ardea melanocephala Vigors and Children, 1826." (JAJ 2020).
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