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Egretta caerulea
little blue heron
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Occasional

Scientific Name with Authority:		Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		little blue heron
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Pelecaniformes, Family Ardeidae, Genus Egretta, Species Egretta caerulea


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Seasonality Tags:
Vagrant


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:		NJ: BR-SC, NB-SC
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NJ: S3B,S3N; PA: S2M
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Buck Island Reef National Monument	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Portage National Monument	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Morristown National Historical Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks-East
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Shiloh National Military Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Vicksburg National Military Park
Virgin Islands National Park


Last Modified Date:	7/9/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 10:51:38 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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