Similar Species

• Immature Little Blue Heron has pale, dull green legs and feet and a bill that is mostly grayish, with a black tip.
• Great Egret is larger, has a mostly yellow bill, and deep black legs and feet.
• Great White Heron, the white form of the Great Blue Heron, is much larger, and has a heavier, mostly yellow bill.
• The white form of the Reddish Egret has a dark or bi-colored bill with a pink base, is larger and shaggier, has all dark legs and feet, and is found only in salt water.
• Cattle Egret is much shorter and stockier, has a thick, usually yellow bill, and often has a reddish wash over the head, back, and chest.