Birds of Mexico

    PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns)  
Genus: Ardea (2 species, 12 worldwide)


Great Egret
Great Egret (Ardea alba egretta)
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A common, large, tall, and thin egret, seen in wetlands and open fields as well.

Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias wardi)
Wakodahatchee, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The largest heron in North American is occasionally seen in South America. Compare to Cocoi Heron, but note great throat. There is an all white subspecies in the Caribbean.
In flight.
With a snake.
An all white race of [Great Blue Heron] is found almost exclusively in the Caribbean.
Two immatures at a nest.


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