== 鳥の学名に選ばれた点 ==
Remains of a giant, human-sized heron species, thought to have gone extinct around 1500 BC, have been discovered in the [[United Arab Emirates]].紀元前1500年頃に絶滅したと考えられている、人間大の巨大なサギ類の遺骨がアラブ首長国連邦で発見された<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wondermondo.com/wonders-of-united-arab-emirates/ |access-date=, 20 October 2020 |title=, WONDERS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |publisher=, Wondermondo}}</ref> 。 That species may have been the animal model for the deity, Bennu, so archaeologist Dr. Ella Hoch from the Geological Museum at [[Copenhagen University]] named it the [[Bennu heron]] (''Ardea bennuides'').<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shuker |first1=Karl |title=GIANT BIRDS FROM THE TOMBS OF THE PHARAOHS |url=http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2016/05/giant-birds-from-tombs-of-pharaohs.html |website=karlshuker.blogspot.com |access-date=9 March 2021 |date=31 May 2016}}</ref>
== 派生 ==