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Tricolored Heron
Garza Pechiblanca
Egretta tricolor
The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron native to coastal parts of the Americas. The species is more solitary than other species of heron in the Americas and eats a diet consisting mostly of small fish.
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Sound recorded by Sue Riffe · XC941142 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Tricolored Heron
This atlas includes Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) with atlas status “Native / natural occurrence” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Global trait data associate it primarily with coastal; consult the linked records to resolve its Puerto Rico habitat use.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- coasts
- Elevation
- 0–1000 m
- Nest
- Platform · Ground; Shrub / bush / vine; Tree
- Clutch
- 3–5 eggs
- Social behavior
- Colonial; Solitary
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