Little Blue Heron

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q371028
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Summary

Little Blue Heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,151 views/month, #1,447 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Egretta[5]
  • Taxon name: Egretta caerulea[6]
  • Commons category: Egretta caerulea[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Egretta caerulea[8]
  • Commons gallery: Egretta caerulea[9]
  • Taxon common name: crëyr glas bach[10], Little Blue Heron[11], Blaureiher[12], Garceta azul[13], martinet blavós[14], volavka modrošedá[15], sinihaigur[16], Blåhegre[17], Малая голубая цапля[18], ヒメアカクロサギ[19], Blåhejre[20], sinihaikara[21], kék gém[22], czapla śniada[23]
  • Wingspan: 100.5 cm[24]
  • Mass: 25 g[25], 364 g[26], 315 g[27]

Body

Identifiers

Little Blue Heron's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4937[28]. Little Blue Heron's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 110682[29]. Little Blue Heron's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511356[30]. Little Blue Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480894[31]. Little Blue Heron's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174827[32].

Why It Matters

Little Blue Heron has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id → 45511356
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'de',
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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