Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Spanish: Garza azul

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to coastal Spain, the Azores, and areas of far southern Europe. An all-white population found only in the Caribbean and Florida was once treated as a separate species...

TaxonomyAves › Pelecaniformes › Ardeidae

Local records47 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records465,036 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2025 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-08-29 — observation by adrian_mora
2026-04-18 — observation by kellyannwelch
2026-03-24 — observation by isa_moguel
2026-03-18 — observation by soulbiol
2026-02-13 — observation by axymoron
2026-01-03 — observation by dileri

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Cite as: “Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/ardea-herodias/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.