COMMON NAMES:
Great Blue Heron, Blue Heron.
SCIENTIFIC
NAME:
Ardea herodias.
MALE DESCRIPTION:
Body and neck bluish grey. Head white with black horizontal eye stripe. Bill
orange to grey. Juvenile same as adult except top of head all black.
There is also a
rare white morph: body all white with bright orange bill and legs.
FEMALE DESCRIPTION:
Same as male.
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