#family_Ardeidae__Ardeidae  herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
  supertype:  bird_family  a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
  member:  heron  genus_Ardea  genus_Egretta  genus_Casmerodius  genus_Bubulcus  genus_Nycticorax  genus_Nyctanassa  genus_Cochlearius  genus_Botaurus  genus_Ixobrychus
  member of:  order_Ciconiiformes__Ciconiiformes  order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises
     member of:  class_Aves__Aves  birds
        member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
           member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
              member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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