Mexican species

       
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Mexico The Mexican Republic Aguascalientes Baja California Guadalupe Baja California Sur Campeche Chiapas Chihuahua Coahuila Colima Revillagigedos Revillagigedos Ciudad de México Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco México Michoacán Morelos Nayarit Tres Marías Nuevo León Oaxaca Puebla Querétaro Quintana Roo Cozumel San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sonora Tabasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas
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fannini herodias (Great Blue) SE Alaska to coastal Washington
herodias herodias (Great Blue) S Canada to s Baja California and Central America
wardi herodias (Great Blue) S-central US to Gulf Coast and Florida
cognata herodias (Great Blue) Galapagos Islands
occidentalis occidentalis (Great White) S Florida through West Indies to islands off Venezuela
Endemic status
Sound Guide
Comment Wurdemann's form is an interbreed between a normal colored individual and a white form of the species.
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