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Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea · Family Ardeidae
Egretta caerulea
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,316,609
- Countries and territories with records
- 63
About this species
This species has 2,316,609 occurrence records from 63 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (77.2%), Costa Rica (4.1%), Mexico (3.5%), Belize (2%) and Colombia (2%); together they account for 88.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.16% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Egretta caerulea combines the genus name Egretta with the species epithet caerulea. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Egretta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Egretta thula, Egretta garzetta and Egretta tricolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 1.7 times the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.