Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias - Grand Héron
Systematics
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Order:
Pelecaniformes
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Family:
Ardéidés
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Genus:
Ardea
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Species:
herodias
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 137 cm
- Wingspan: 167 à 200 cm.
- Weight: 2100 à 2500 g
Longevity
23 years
Geographic range
Identification
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.
Subspecific information 5 subspecies
- Ardea herodias herodias (s Canada to nc, e USA south to the n Carolinas.)
- Ardea herodias fannini (nw North America)
- Ardea herodias wardi (w, sc, s USA to n Florida and w, ne Mexico.)
- Ardea herodias occidentalis (s Florida. USA. through the West Indies)
- Ardea herodias cognata (Galápagos Is.)
Foreign names
- Grand Héron,
- Garza azulada,
- garça-real-americana,
- Kanadareiher,
- királygém,
- Amerikaanse Blauwe Reiger,
- Airone azzurro,
- amerikansk gråhäger,
- Herodiashegre,
- volavka statná,
- volavka velká,
- Stor Blåhejre,
- amerikanharmaahaikara,
- bernat americà,
- Bláhegri,
- czapla modra,
- Kanādas gārnis,
- ameriška siva čaplja,
- Большая голубая цапля,
- オオアオサギ,
- 大蓝鹭,
- 大藍鷺,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of California, Alvaro Jaramillo
- Field guide to the birds of Eastern North America, Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderer
- Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America, Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer
- Les Oiseaux des Antilles, Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Alan Keith, Janis Raffaele
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Audubon,
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
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- Mesitornithiformes
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- Nyctibiiformes
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- Otidiformes
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