Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl
2015-10-13

Tricolored Heron is a large aquatic bird. Its back is gray, and it has orange patches around the eyes. It feeds on aquatic invertebrates.

Other Ardeidae species:

Great Egret
Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

Snowy Egret
Egretta thula

Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis