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Tricolored heron

Egretta tricolor

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

Adults have a blue-grey head, neck, back and upperwings, with a white line along the neck. The belly is white. In breeding plumage, they have long blue filamentous plumes on the head and neck, and buff ones on the back.

Habitat:

Mangrove swamp

Reference Links:

Tricolored Heron, Tricolored Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (2)
drP
What a lovely bird.

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PublishedMarch 14, 2013

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