Egretta caerulea

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,911 meters (0 to 9,551 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

• 1 Forest
• 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level
• 5 Wetlands (inland)
• 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands
• 12 Marine Intertidal
• 12.5 Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)

Biology

Diet

Mostly aquatic invertebrates and fish, with a few reptiles and amphibians .

Reproduction

Breeding Habitat : Wetland-open water Clutch Size: 3-5 Length of Incubation : 20-23 days Days to Fledge : 42-49 Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Jul-2007

Similar Species

Reddish Egret, Tricolored Heron

Members of the genus Egretta

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. alba (Great White Egret) · E. ardesiaca (Black Egret) · E. caerulea (Little Blue Heron) · E. caerulea caerulea (Little Blue Heron) · E. dimorpha (Madagascar Heron) · E. eulophotes (Swinhoe's Egret) · E. garzetta (Little Egret) · E. garzetta garzetta (Little Egret) · E. garzetta nigripes (Little Egret) · E. gularis (Western Reef Egret) · E. gularis gularis (African Reef Heron) · E. ibis (Cattle Egret) · E. ibis ibis (Cattle Egret) · E. intermedia (Yellow-Billed Egret) · E. intermedia intermedia (Yellow-Billed Egret) · E. novaehollandiae (White-Faced Egret) · E. novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (White-Faced Heron) · E. picata (Pied Heron) · (Dickey's Egret) · E. rufescens dickeyi (Dickey's Egret) · E. rufescens rufescens (Dickey's Egret) · E. sacra (Eastern Reef Egret) · E. sacra sacra (Eastern Reef Egret) · E. thula (Little White Egret) · E. thula brewsteri (Snowy Egret) · E. thula thula (Snowy Egret) · E. tricolor (Tricoloured Heron) · E. tricolor ruficollis (Louisiana Heron) · E. tricolor tricolor (Tricoloured Heron) · E. vinaceigula (Brown-Throaded Heron)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 140, p. 141, p. 142, p. 152, p. 155, p. 158, p. 193, p. 194, p. 195, p. 196, p. 214, p. 217, p. 218, p. 220, p. 246, p. 247, p. 248, p. 249, p. 260, p. 263, p. 264, p. 265, p. 283, p. 284, p. 287, p. 289, p. 290, p. 292, p. 293, p. 298, p. 312, p. 314, p. 315, p. 321, p. 323, p. 348, p. 364, p. 366, p. 367, p. 368, p. 373, p. 380, p. 382, p. 389, p. 390, p. 391, p. 392, p. 394, p. 395, p. 396, p. 410, p. 445, p. 449, p. 450, p. 456, p. 457, p. 473, p. 475, p. 479, p. 480, p. 491, p. 496, p. 503, p. 505, p. 515, p. 516, p. 517, p. 518, p. 524, p. 531, p. 533, p. 534, p. 538, p. 540, p. 541, p. 542, p. 546, p. 548, p. 554, p. 562, p. 566, p. 567, p. 574, p. 579, p. 580, p. 589, p. 590, p. 591, p. 592, p. 593, p. 594, p. 671, p. 82, p. 85, p. 94, p. 96.
• Birds in Kansas / Max C. Thompson & Charles Ely. 1 Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History: c1989- url p. 398, p. 42, p. ix.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 207.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 49, p. 800.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 211.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 575, p. 725, p. 729, p. 745, p. 765.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 138, p. 50.
• IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 327.
• Illinois River Bluffs area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, [and the] State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1998- url p. 70.
• Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Lexington, KY: The Academy, 1998- url p. 127.
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 13 1984 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 241, p. 246, p. 269, p. 36.
• P.D. Skaar's Montana bird distribution / revised by the Montana Bird Distribution Committee. [Helena, MT]:Montana Natural Heritage Program, 1996 url p. 17.
• Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, A. O. P. Nicholson, printer [etc.]1855-60. url , .
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 8.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 219, p. 463, p. 54.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 44 1984 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 593.
• The Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara tar seeps, northwestern Peru. 1973. url .
• The ecology of Tijuana Estuary, California: a national estuarine research reserve / by Joy B. Zedler, Christopher S. Nordby and Barbara E. Kus. [Washington, D.C.: NOAA Office of Coastal Resource Management, Sanctuaries and Reserves Division], 1992. url p. 58, p. 68.
• The ecology of delta marshes of coastal Louisiana: a community profile / by James G. Gosselink. Washington, DC: National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Division of Biological Services, Research Development, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior: 1984. url p. 131.
• The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1979. url p. 23, p. 24.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 133, p. 84, p. 95.
• Zoologist. London.1843-1916 url p. 6932, p. 6932, p. 6934, p. 6934.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Egretta caerulea. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Egretta caerulea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• Royal Ontario Museum: Bird specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8818
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174827
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481022
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174827
• IUCN ID: 206608
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNGA06040
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5494

Footnotes

1. Mean = 28.650 meters (93.996 feet), Standard Deviation = 45.480 based on 131,891 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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