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Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Pelecaniformes
family
Ardeidae
genus
Egretta
species
Egretta caerulea

Name

Synonyms
Ardea caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
Florida caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Florida caerulea caerulea
Hydranassa caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Homonyms
Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
"Garceta Azul, Garcita Azul" in Spanish
Aigrette bleue in French
Aigrette bleue in French
Aigrette bleue in French
Airone azzurro minore in Italian
Blaureiher in German
Blaureiher in German
Blåhegre in Norwegian
Blåhejre in Danish
Garceta Azul in Spanish
Garceta azul in Spanish
Garceta azul in Spanish
Garceta azul in Spanish
Kleinbloureier in Afrikaans
Kleine Blauwe Reiger in Dutch
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little Blue Heron in English
Little blue heron in language.
aigrette bleu in French
aigrette bleu in French
aigrette bleu in French
blåhäger in Swedish
czapla śniada in Polish
garceta azul in Spanish
garza azulada in Spanish
garça-azul / garça-morena in Portuguese
kék gém in Hungarian
little blue heron in English
little blue heron in English
little blue heron in English
martinet blavós in Catalan–Valencian
mažasis žydrasis garnys in Lithuanian
modra čaplja in Slovenian
sinihaigur in Estonian
sinihaikara in Finnish
volavka modrosivá in Slovak
volavka modrošedá in Czech
zilais gārnis in Latvian
Малая голубая цапля in Russian
ヒメアカクロサギ in Japanese
小蓝鹭 in Chinese
小藍鷺 in Chinese
Kleine blauwe reiger in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em>
  2. Ayerbe Quiñones, F. (2018). Guía ilustrada de la avifauna colombiana. Wildlife Conservation Society
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  4. Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
  5. Echeverry-Galvis, M.A., O. Acevedo-Charry, J. E. Avendaño, C. Gómez, F.G. Stiles, F.A. Estela & A.M. Cuervo. 2022. Lista oficial de las aves de Colombia 2022: Adiciones, cambios taxonómicos y actualizaciones de estado. Ornitología Colombiana 22: 25-51 https://doi.org/10.59517/oc.e548
  6. Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342.
  7. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  8. ITIS.gov 2023 from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) on-line database https://www.itis.gov
  9. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  10. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  11. Luck et al. 2012; Newbold et al 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013
  12. Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
  13. Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
  14. Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p.
  15. Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383.
  16. del Hoyo, Elliott & Sargatal (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Ostrich to Ducks
  17. ffrench, R. (1965) Some unusual habits of Little Blue Herons
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