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The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is occasionally found in the Azores and is a rare vagrant to Europe.
The great blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Its range is very wide, spreading from norther Canada to South America depending on the time of year, and encompassing almost all ...
The genus name comes from the Latin word ardea meaning "heron". [2] The type species was designated as the grey heron (Ardea cinerea) by George Robert Gray in 1840. [3] Some members of Ardea are clearly very closely related, such as the grey, great blue, and cocoi herons, which form a superspecies.
Nankeen night heron: Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 29 Malayan night heron: Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822) 30 Japanese night heron: Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck, 1836) 31 Capped heron: Pilherodius pileatus (Boddaert, 1783) 32 Whistling heron: Syrigma sibilatrix (Temminck, 1824) 33 Little blue heron: Egretta caerulea ...
An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as “dinosaurian.”
Ardea – typical herons: Great blue heron, Ardea herodias; Grey heron, Ardea cinerea; Goliath heron, Ardea goliath; Cocoi heron, Ardea cocoi ; White-necked heron or Pacific heron, Ardea pacifica ; Black-headed heron, Ardea melanocephala ; Humblot's heron, Ardea humbloti ; White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis ; Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana
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Little blue heron. The little blue heron [note 1] (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron of the genus Egretta. It is a small, darkly colored heron with a two-toned bill. Juveniles are entirely white, bearing resemblance to the snowy egret. During the breeding season, adults develop different coloration on the head, legs, and feet.