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Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Garza Azul
Garça-azul
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Costa Rica

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Ardea caerulea.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 542404
  Immature
Canales de Tortuguero
Limón
Costa Rica
07/11/2023
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 540913
  Juvenile
Río Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
05/12/2018
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 330097
  Adult
Bahia drake
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
02/09/2019
Lucas Pisana
Foto
Photography ID: 324214
  Adult
Río Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
01/09/2017
Marcos Augusto Lartigau
Foto
Photography ID: 315394
  Adult
Manglares Isla Damas
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
01/27/2019
Silvina Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 201923
  Adult
Parque Nacional Cahuita
Limón
Costa Rica
10/04/2016
Patricio M. Silfeni
Foto
Photography ID: 188282
  Adult
Canales de Tortuguero
Limón
Costa Rica
01/19/2017
Carlos Hugo Amerio
Foto
Photography ID: 187777
  Adult
Laguna Caño Negro
Alajuela
Costa Rica
01/16/2017
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 140702
  Adult
Canales de Tortuguero
Limón
Costa Rica
01/17/2016
Carlos Schmidt



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
204739923/02/2024Costa RicaPuntarenasOjochalMarcelo Gavensky
200515528/01/2024Costa RicaAlajuelaRefugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Caño NegroCarlos Schmidt
179782311/07/2023Costa RicaLimónCanales de TortugueroGlauco Oliveira
124809402/09/2019Costa RicaAlajuelaBoca Tapada de Pital1Graciela Neira
124778701/09/2019Costa RicaLimónParque Nacional Tortuguero3Graciela Neira
113975513/03/2019Costa RicaLimónParque Nacional TortugueroJosé Raúl Fernández
90222020/02/2019Costa RicaLimónPlaya CoclesPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
91708609/02/2019Costa RicaPuntarenasBahia drakeLucas Pisana
95377727/01/2019Costa RicaPuntarenasManglares Isla DamasJulian Uriel Collado
88404027/01/2019Costa RicaPuntarenasManglares Isla DamasSilvina Collado
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 30/03/2026.