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Scientific Name

Egretta caerulea

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

Little Blue Heron

Park Synonyms

Florida caerulea

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Ardeidae
Genus	Egretta
Species	Egretta caerulea

Occurrence

Present

Nativeness

Native

Abundance

Rare

Seasonality Tags

Migratory

Park Rank Tags

Park rare

Species Record Status Tags

Pre 1998

Taxa Group Tags

Bird

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

2

References

2

Vouchers

0

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

Converted from non-NPSpecies format by I&M Office

Created Date

10/27/2005 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

psuper@nps.gov

Last Modified Date

5/13/2022 1:03:31 PM

Notes

Park Species Detail: Stupka (1963) cites records in 1938 and 1939 and Park Observations includes records as recent as 1994. ATBI Sensitivity = Park-Only Species Notes: Occasional Migrant; Often placed in monotypic genus FLORIDA (AOU 1983). STATUS: Native, Migratory, Occasional, Present in Park; POLICY: SC/D. Image URL: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GRSM/AssetDetail/f225cbc9c9a64c52aa590d2292e7069d

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