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little blue heron

American  

noun

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


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"A black face is very rare but there is a heron from North America that is very similar, the little blue heron, but they have different qualities if you look closely."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He identified the little blue heron, belted kingfisher and mockingbird.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2015

Near the major—not keeping him company, but feeding in the same shallows and along the same oyster-bars—were constantly to be seen two smaller relatives of his, the little blue heron and the Louisiana.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

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

From Bird Stories by Sim, Robert J.

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