Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Ardea
- eBird Code
- grbher3
Subspecies (5)
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Ardea herodias cognata
Galapagos
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Ardea herodias fannini
southeastern Alaska to coastal Washington
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Ardea herodias herodias
southern Canada to southern Baja California and Central America
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Ardea herodias occidentalis
southern Florida through West Indies to islands off Venezuela
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Ardea herodias wardi
south-central USA to Gulf Coast and Florida
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.