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Egretta caerulea
Little Blue Heron
Santa Monica Mountains 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


Seasonality Tags:
Vagrant


Park Tags:
Habitat - Estuary/Coast
Seasonality/Breeding (birds) - Vagrant


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		CA: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 1 External Links


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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
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	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	Shiloh National Military Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Vicksburg National Military Park
Virgin Islands National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/10/2018

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 6:13:34 AM

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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