Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Summary 2
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 only in the Caribbean and Florida was once treated as a separate species...
Interesting Facts 3
Herons and cranes are often confused. Herons can be most easily differentiated from cranes by the way they hold their necks. Herons typically have a curve to their neck, while cranes tend to hold their necks straight.
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- (c) Mike Baird, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/72825507@N00/3020707979
- Adapted by Carolyn White from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardea_herodias
- (c) Carolyn White, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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