A photo of a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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 America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to coastal Spain, the Azores, and areas of far southern 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. The status of white individuals known to occur elsewhere in the Caribbean, and their existence is rarely found elsewhere besides in eastern North America.
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Sarah Lawrence
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 9:59pm
United States
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Erik Plossl
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 3:52pm
United States
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Bonnie Simpson
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 11:32pm
United States
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Chloe Naese
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 9:50pm
Canada
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