Great blue heron
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This article is about the bird. For the music festival, see The Great Blue Heron Music Festival. For the casino, see Great Blue Heron Casino.
Not to be confused with the great egret.
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. An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. Debate exists about whether this represents a white color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species.[2][3]
Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...
Great blue heron | |
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in the Conestogo River, near St. Jacobs, Ontario | |
White form, possibly A. h. occidentalis, in Cayo Guillermo National Park, Cuba | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Ardeidae |
Genus: | Ardea |
Species: | A. herodias |
Binomial name | |
Ardea herodias | |
North American range (also in far northwestern South America, not shown)
Breeding range Year-round range Wintering range Present during migration |
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