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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Ardeidae

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family (Ardeidae), common near shores of open water and wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as Northwestern South America, the Caribbean, and the Galápagos Islands. It is occasionally found in the Azores and is a rare vagrant to Europe. An all-white population found in South Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 3