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Egretta caerulea
Photo take in a mangrove area near the coast this is the season this birds are nesting, the place is full of bird sounds herons and egrets in the same area.Breeding adult birds have blue-grey plumage except for the head and neck, which are purplish and have long blue filamentous plumes. The legs and feet are dark blue.
Found from Florida all the Caribbean sea, and Central America.
Spotted on May 9, 2012
Submitted on May 9, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Marcelo! I assuming that you have this birds in Brazil this is new to me.
thanks for the correction
Very nice! We don´t have it here in Brazil.