Gray heron, Guia de Fauna. RutaChile

Familia: Ardeidae
Genero: Ardea
Nombre Cientifico: herodias

Local names: Gray Heron, Blue Heron, Brown Heron

Of all the herons that inhabit their natural distribution in North America, the Gray Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest; in length this heron achieves between 97 cm. and 1.30 meters. In this continent it occupies a place equivalent to that of the Black Heron in South America.

The body of the gray heron has gray, blue and white feathers. They have a long, thin, reddish neck, a narrow, brown or black head on top of it. They also have a bright orange beak, sharp claws on their legs. His legs are robust and of a yellowish color.

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