Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Ciconiiformes
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Family: Ardeidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 1230 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
137 cm
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Wingspan: 175 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 2.9 kg
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Scientific name from:
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L.: ardea=a heron and Gr.: erodios=a heron |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: most of N America except far north, WINTERS: south to nw S America |
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Habitat:
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Marshes, lakes, seacoasts, rivers, swamps |
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Diet:
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Fish (up to 30cm) and a wide range of invertebrates and small mammals |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Isles of Scilly 2007
(Fisher, A. 2010. British Birds 103:206-212)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Split from Ardea cinerea
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Garza azulada
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BirdLife species page
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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