Gray Heron

Ardea cinerea

Garza Gris

Length: 90-98 cm.: weight: 1,020-2,073 g.

RANGE: Breeds in Eurasia. Accidental in the West Indies (Barbados, Montserrat, Martinique), but may be reported from Puerto Rico eventually.

TAXONOMY: CICONIIFORMES; ARDEIDAE.

References

Bent, A.C. 1926. Life histories of North American marsh birds. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 135. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963).

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Lethaby, N. and McLaren, I. A. 2002. The identification of Gray Heron. Birding 34(1):24-33.

Gray Heron, Spanish text

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