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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Birds - Aves
      - Order - Pelicans / Herons / Bitterns / Ibises - Pelecaniformes
        
        Family - Bitterns / Egrets / Herons / Night-Herons - Ardeidae
        
        Species - Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor

Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor

Native Species
Accidental Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNA

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General Description

The Tricolored Heron typically breeds in coastal habitats such as estuaries, salt marshes, river deltas, lagoons and mangrove swamps. This species is a year-round resident along and near the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, and ranges into the coastal plain of the southeastern U.S. (Frederick 2020).

Tricolored Heron is an accidental species in Montana and was first detected in the state in 2019.

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 2

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Relative Density

Recency

SUMMER (Feb 16 - Dec 14)

Direct Evidence of Breeding

Indirect Evidence of Breeding

No Evidence of Breeding

WINTER (Dec 15 - Feb 15)

Regularly Observed

Not Regularly Observed

(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)

References

Literature Cited AboveLegend: View Online Publication
- Frederick, P.C. 2020. Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Accessed 6 November 2020. https://doi-org.weblib.lib.umt.edu:2443/10.2173/bow.triher.01
Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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- Hays, R., R.L. Eng, and C.V. Davis (preparers). 1984. A list of Montana birds. Helena, MT: MT Dept. of Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
- Joslin, Gayle, and Heidi B. Youmans. 1999. Effects of recreation on Rocky Mountain wildlife: a review for Montana. [Montana]: Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society.
- Mora, M. A. 1995. Residues and trends of organochloride pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyls in birds from Texas, 1965-88. Technical Report 14. Washington, D.C.: U.S.D.I. National Biological Service. 26 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Tricolored Heron — Egretta tricolor. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved on April 26, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=ABNGA06050