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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Birds
  5. Pelicans, Herons, Ibises, and Allies
  6. Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
  7. Typical Herons and Egrets
  8. Great Herons

genus

Great Herons

Ardea

Includes
3 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Great Blue Heron native
  • Great Egret native
  • Grey Heron present
  • Western Cattle-Egret native
  • Eastern Cattle-Egret present
  • Purple Heron present
  • Cocoi Heron
  • Medium Egret present
  • Goliath Heron
  • Humblot's Heron
  • Great Egret × Great Blue Heron native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native great herons All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 458,329 observations
  • Great Egret Ardea alba 419,979 observations
  • Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis 100,262 observations

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