Egretta caerulea
Length: 20-30 in Wingspan: 35-45 in Weight: 0.5-1 lb
Identification:
Small blue bird with purple neck and head. Blue/gray bill with dark tip. Dark legs, gray to olive.
Distribution:
Summer along the gulf coast of US and Mexico, and through the Caribbean. Winter south through Mexico to southern Brazil.
Cool Facts:
The Little Blue Heron achieves its colorful blue and purple plumage as an adult; juveniles are solid white, perhaps a strategy to help them blend in with feeding flocks of the more common Snowy Egret.
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References:
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