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Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

159114  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159114)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Distribution North America  
Distribution North America [details]
CaRMS (2021). Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159114 on 2024-03-19
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159114 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
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2011-04-27 09:01:37Z
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original description  (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]   

basis of record 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. [details]   

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em> , available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details]   

additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet carnivorous feeding on fish, frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles, and crustaceans such as crabs, crayfish and shrimp [details]

Dimensions Length: 24" (61 cm); Wingspan: 40" (102 cm) [details]

Distribution North America [details]

Habitat often lives near saltwater but also frequentsponds, marshes, swamps, lagoons [details]

Importance helps control insect populations [details]

Reproduction Breeds from Massachusetts west to Tennessee and Texas and south throughout the West Indies, and South America to Uruguay and Peru. Winters from the southern United States southward. [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch kleine blauwe reiger  [details]
English little blue heron  [details]
French aigrette bleue  [details]
German Blaureiher  [details]
Lithuanian mažasis melsvasis garnys  [details]
Polish czapla śniada  [details]
Russian ма́лая голуба́я ца́пля  [details]
Slovenian modra čaplja  [details]
Spanish garza azulgarceta azul  [details]
Turkish küçük mavi balıkçıl  [details]
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