大藍鷺

分类位置

同属物种

Black-headed Heron

Black-headed Heron

黑冠白颈鹭

Cocoi Heron

巨鹭

Goliath Heron

苍鹭

Gray Heron

大嘴鹭

Great-billed Heron

大白鹭

Great Egret

形态与习性

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. Debate exists about whether these white birds are a color morph o