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Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 Family: herons Order: Ciconiiformes print version
Great blue heron Grand Héron Garza azulada Kanadareiher
Migration: partial migratory in the N, intercontinental, marked post-breeding dispersal

Verbreitungskarte von Ardea herodias Marked post-breeding dispersal in N America. Populations of N migratory, those of S sedentary, sometimes with local movements. Autumn migration takes birds to S USA, Cuba, West Indies, C America and N parts of S America, though some birds winter as far N as S Canada. Accidental to Greenland; Hawaii, Azores. White morph sedentary, with some wandering and post-breeding dispersal.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)