TriColoured Heron
Egretta tricolor(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Tricolored Heron
UK name: TriColoured Heron
The TriColoured Heron (Egretta tricolor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
- Scientific name
- Egretta tricolor
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tricolored Heron
- English (UK)
- TriColoured Heron
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Egretta tricolor ruficollis
- Egretta tricolor tricolor
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea tricolor
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- America = Cayenne, ex Buffon.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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