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Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Tricolored Heron
The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron native to coastal parts of the Americas. The species is more solitary than other species of heron in the Americas and eats a diet consisting mostly of small fish.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Egretta tricolor
- Family
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
Similar species
Other members of the herons, egrets, and bitterns family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
- Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
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