Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Ardea
 
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 - Great Blue Heron
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Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Ross G. Vennesland and Robert W. Butler
Version: 2.0 — Published April 28, 2011

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Figure 1. Breeding, nonbreeding, and year-round ranges of the Great Blue Heron. - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Breeding, nonbreeding, and year-round ranges of the Great Blue Heron.

The species (A. herodias) is rare in winter in the northern parts of its range.

Recommended Citation

Vennesland, R. G. and R. W. Butler (2011). Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.25