little blue heron

noun

1. a small heron, Egretta caerulea, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, having bluish-gray plumage.

Example Sentences

It is described as resembling a blue crane, and may possibly have been the Floridus cerulea, or little blue heron.

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If the eggs of the little blue heron were blue, would not those of the snowy herons be pure white?

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The Little Blue Heron, though widely distributed, is not anywhere a common bird.

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