Medium-sized delicate-looking and rather colorful heron. Adults are a mix of blue-gray, purple, and white. The white belly and stripe down the neck are distinctive.
Long-necked heron with a sharp bill. Juveniles have a reddish neck with spots of reddish feathers on their wings and upper back.
Builds messy stick nests in small trees and shrubs near fresh or saltwater.
Mostly dark except for its distinctive white belly and white wing linings. Flies with its neck tucked in and legs trailing behind.
Medium-sized slim heron with a long neck and bill. Breeding birds have small white plumes extending from the back of their head.
Forages alone or at the edge of groups of mixed wading birds. Slowly stalks fish or pirouettes with sharp stops and turns with wings flapping.
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A medium-sized, delicate and slim heron with a long, daggerlike bill. Its long thin neck curves up to its small head.
Larger than a Snowy Egret, smaller than a Great Blue Heron.
between crow and gooseHerons, Egrets, and Bitterns(Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Ardeidae)
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