Great Blue Heron
Introduction
A larger version of our Grey Heron, this is an extremely rare visitor from North America, where it is a very widespread and familiar bird.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.
Occupied 10-km squares in UK
2007/08–10/11
or view it on Bird Atlas Mapstore.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Pelecaniformes
- Family: Ardeidae
- Scientific name: Ardea herodias
- Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
- Euring code number: 1230
Alternate species names
- Catalan: bernat americà
- Czech: volavka velká
- Danish: Stor Blåhejre
- Dutch: Amerikaanse Blauwe Reiger
- Estonian: ameerika hallhaigur
- Finnish: amerikanharmaahaikara
- French: Grand Héron
- German: Kanadareiher
- Hungarian: királygém
- Icelandic: Bláhegri
- Italian: Airone azzurro
- Latvian: Kanadas garnis
- Lithuanian: didysis pilkasis garnys
- Norwegian: Herodiashegre
- Polish: czapla modra
- Portuguese: garça-azul-grande / garça-real-americana
- Slovak: volavka statná
- Slovenian: ameriška siva caplja
- Spanish: Garza azulada
- Swedish: amerikansk gråhäger
More Evidence
More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com
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