Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
(Grey Heron, Heron)

Interactions where Ardea cinerea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
nest may attract larva Kleidotoma caledonica a small parasitic wasp Hymenoptera: Figitidae Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Eucoilidae, Quinlan, J., 1978
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Figitidae/Kleidotoma caledonica/Kleidotoma caledonicaa small parasitic wasplarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Ardea cinerea/Ardea cinereagrey heron, heronnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest may attract larva UK/Ireland Fannia clara a lesser house fly Diptera: Fanniidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia clara/Fannia claraa lesser house flylarva Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Ardea cinerea/Ardea cinereagrey heron, heronnest larva is associated with nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Quinlan, J., 1978Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: EucoilidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 8. Part 1b, 58pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArdea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron)
GenusArdea (a genus of birds)
FamilyARDEIDAE (egrets and herons)
OrderCICONIIFORMES (herons, spoonbills and storks)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron)

Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, Heron):

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