Description
The little blue heron from its scientific name Egretta caerulea is a species of wading bird that lives in the wetlands of America, the Caribbean, Peru, Uruguay and Bolivia.
The blue heron has its head and its neck purple-brown, and the rest of the body rather dark gray-blue. Its beak is gray, slightly bent down and pointed. His eye is yellow, surrounded by a small area of bare skin yellow-green.
Its long neck has the shape of "S" at rest or in flight.
Its legs are long and greenish.
At birth the little blue herons are ... white! It was around the age of 4 months they become dark blue. But it was not until the age of 2 years to see them get their final color.
This is a relatively small species with only 30" tall and a wingspan of 37" to 41".
Song
The Little Blue Heron is rather silent except when she flies where it launches a sort of croak.
Presence in Martinique
C'est un oiseau qui reste rare en Martinique. Il n'y est que de passage quand il quitte l'Amérique du Nord pour se rendre en Amérique du Sud durant l'hiver. C'est un oiseau qui vit surtout dans les zones océaniques (Pacifique et Atlantique) des États-Unis et de l'Amérique du Sud.
This is a bird that is rare in Martinique. There is only passing when he left North America to travel to South America during the winter. This is a bird that lives mainly in ocean areas (Pacific and Atlantic) of the United States and South America.
Diet
The blue heron feeds mainly on fish, crabs but also enjoy the crickets, grasshoppers and spiders.
Protection / Menaces :
It is an endangered species in the world because of the forests cuts and drainage of wetlands. Its populations are declining and the species is considered threatened.
