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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.
This is a comprehensive listing of the bird species recorded in Everglades National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Florida. This list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS) dated June 21, 2022. [1] Of the 375 species included here, 13 have been introduced to North America, three have been extirpated, and one is ...
The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem. CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-614-9; McCally, David (1999). The Everglades: An Environmental History. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2302-5; Ripple, Jeff (1992). Big Cypress Swamp and the Ten Thousand Islands: Eastern America's Last Great Wilderness, University of South Carolina Press.
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 ...
Location: Miami-Dade, Monroe, & Collier counties, Florida, United States: Nearest city: Florida City Everglades City: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,508,976 acres (6,106.61 km 2) 1,508,243 acres (2,356.6 sq mi) federal [2]: Authorized: May 30, 1934; 90 years ago (): Visitors: 1,155,193 (in 2022) [3]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: nps.gov /ever: UNESCO World Heritage Site. Type ...
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.
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Great egret, Ardea alba; Whistling heron, Syrigma sibilatrix (A) [86] Little egret, Egretta garzetta (A) [87] Western reef-heron, Egretta gularis (A) [77] Snowy egret, Egretta thula; Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor; Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens; Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis; Squacco heron, Ardeola ...