Great Blue Heron / Ardea herodias LC
- Synonyms Great white Heron, Blue Crane, Northwestern coast Heron, Wurdemann's Heron, Florida Heron, Ward's Heron, Treganza's Heron, San Lucas Heron, California Heron, Espiritu Santo Heron
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Where to see Great Blue Heron
- Breeding region Middle America, North America
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Brazil
- Cabo Verde
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iceland
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Spain
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Great Blue Heron subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardea herodias cognata | Galápagos | - | No |
| Ardea herodias fannini | nw North America | - | No |
| Ardea herodias herodias | s Canada to nc, e USA s to the Carolinas | - | No |
| Ardea herodias occidentalis | s Florida (USA) through the West Indies | - | No |
| Ardea herodias wardi | w, sc, s USA to n Florida and w, ne Mexico | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootbloureier |
| Basque | Bernat americà, Lertxun urdin |
| Belarusian | Вялiкая блакітная чапля |
| Breton | Kerc'heiz vras Amerika |
| Bulgarian | Голяма синя чапла, Североамериканска чапла |
| Catalan | bernat americà |
| Chinese | 大蓝鹭 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大藍鷺 |
| Cree | meesee moka haessoo, mohkahasiw, moochkasoo, misi mohkahaisw |
| Croatian | američka čaplja, Velika plava čaplja |
| Czech | volavka velká |
| Danish | Stor Blåhejre |
| Dutch | Grote Blauwe Reiger, Amerikaanse Blauwe Reiger |
| Esperanto | Amerika griza ardeo, Blucindra ardeo |
| Estonian | ameerika hallhaigur |
| Finnish | amerikanharmaahaikara |
| French | Héron bleu, Héron de Wurdemann, Grand Héron bleu, Grand Héron |
| Frisian | Grutte blauwe reager |
| Galician | Bernat americà, Garzón azul |
| German | Kanadareiher, Nordamerika-Reiher |
| Greek | Αμερικαvικός σταχτoτσικvιάς, Αμερικανικός Σταχτοτσικνιάς |
| Hebrew | אנפה אמריקנית |
| Hungarian | királygém |
| Icelandic | Bláhegri |
| Irish | Mórchorr ghorm |
| Italian | Airone azzurro maggiore, Airone azzurro |
| Japanese | オオアオサギ |
| Latvian | Kanādas gārnis |
| Lithuanian | didysis pilkasis garnys, Kanadinis garnys |
| Macedonian | Голема сина чапја |
| Manx | Coar ghorrym vooar |
| Northern Sami | Amerihkáránesháigir |
| Norwegian | herodiashegre |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Herodiashegre |
| Polish | czapla modra |
| Portuguese | garça-azul-grande, Garça-azul-grande / Garça-real-americana, Garça-real-americana |
| Romanian | Stârc cu umeri negri |
| Russian | Большая голубая цапля, Цапля большая голубая, Большая цапля |
| Serbian | Velika plava čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka statná |
| Slovenian | ameriška siva čaplja |
| Spanish | Garzón Cenizo, Garzón azulado, Garza Ceniza, Garzón Azul, Garcilote, Rabihorcado Grande, Garzón moreno, Garza Azul, Garzón, Garza azulada, Garza Morena |
| Swedish | amerikansk gråhäger |
| Tatar | зур зәңгәр челән |
| Turkish | Amerika Gri Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | чапля північна |
| Uzbek | катта кўк қарқара |
| Welsh | Crëyr mawr glas |