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Little Blue Heron
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Little Blue Heron

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Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron belonging to the family Ardeidae.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Little Blue Heron in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.245

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4937.