Ardea herodias

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Pelecaniformes • Familia: Ardeidae • Subfamilia: Ardeinae • Genus: Ardea • Species: Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758

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Ardea herodias

Vernacular names

• English: Great Blue Heron
• català: Bernat americà
• Deutsch: Kanadareiher
• Ελληνικά: Μεγάλος Eρωδιός
• español: Garza Azulada
• suomi: Amerikanharmaahaikara
• français: Grand Héron
• 日本語: オオアオサギ
• Nederlands: Amerikaanse Blauwe Reiger
• polski: Czapla modra
• русский: Цапля большая голубая
• svenska: Amerikansk gråhäger
• 中文: 鸟纲鹳形目鹭科大蓝鹭

IUCN: Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 (old web site) (Least Concern) (Warning: different IUCN Id between wikidata 'Great Blue Heron' (181500967) and wikicommons (106003717))

Photographs

Ardea herodias herodias

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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Attempting to swallow a fish
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  Union Bay Natural Area
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  Puget Sound, Washington
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  Brandywine River, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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  Mission Bay, San Diego, California
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  DeSoto NWR
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  DeSoto NWR
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  Morro Bay, California
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  Santa Barbara, California
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  Lake Eustis
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  Washington Park (Anacortes)
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  Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
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  Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
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  Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
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  Santa Barbara, California
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  Horicon, Wisconsin
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  Everglades National Park, Florida
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Ardea herodias occidentalis

Vernacular names

• English: Great White Heron

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  Pigeon Key, Florida Keys
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  Pigeon Key, Florida Keys

Illustrations

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  Ardea herodias
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  "Estuary at Twighlight", Edward Moran
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  1891
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  Great Blue Heron range map.

Sounds

• Four calls of the Great Blue Heron