Egretta caerulea

**Little Blue Heron**
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Least Concern;
Mass	25 g (birth mass); 364 g (adult weight, male organism); 315 g (adult weight, female organism);
Wingspan	100.5 ±5.5 cm;
Common name
	English: Little Blue Heron; Afrikaans: Kleinbloureier; العربية: بلشون أزرق صغير; مصرى: بلشون ازرق صغير; български: Малка синя чапла; brezhoneg: Herlegon glas; català: martinet blavós; čeština: volavka modrošedá; Cymraeg: crëyr glas bach; dansk: Blåhejre; Deutsch: Blaureiher; Esperanto: Blua egreto; español: Garceta azul, Garza azul; eesti: sinihaigur; فارسی: حواصیل آبی کوچک; suomi: sinihaikara; français: Aigrette bleue; Gaeilge: Mionchorr ghorm; Gaelg: Coar ghorrym veg; עברית: אנפה כחולה קטנה; hrvatski: modrosiva čaplja; magyar: kék gém; íslenska: Mýrahegri; italiano: Airone azzurro minore; 日本語: ヒメアカクロサギ; lietuvių: mažasis žydrasis garnys; latviešu: zilais gārnis; norsk bokmål: Blåhegre; Nederlands: Kleine Blauwe Reiger; norsk: Blåhegre; Diné bizaad: Toohjįʼ nahabiłii; polski: czapla śniada; português: garça-azul, garça-morena; русский: Малая голубая цапля; davvisámegiella: Alitháigir; Simple English: Little blue heron; slovenčina: volavka modrosivá; slovenščina: modra čaplja; svenska: blåhäger; Türkçe: Küçük mavi balıkçıl; українська: чепура блакитна; 中文: 小蓝鹭; 中文（中国大陆）: 小蓝鹭; 中文（简体）: 小蓝鹭; 中文（繁體）: 小藍鷺;
Taxonomy
Infraorder	Tetanurae
Clade	Coelurosauria
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Aequornithes
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Ardeidae
Genus	Egretta
Species	Egretta caerulea
Taxon author	Carl Linnaeus, 1758
Authority file
	Q371028; IUCN taxon ID: 22696944; NCBI taxonomy ID: 110682; ITIS TSN: 174827; Fossilworks taxon ID: 368418; GBIF taxon ID: 2480894; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 159114; Fauna Europaea ID: 96650; Avibase taxon ID: 11512CF46992C660; Xeno-canto species ID: Egretta-caerulea; ARKive ID (archived): little-blue-heron/egretta-caerulea; Internet Bird Collection species ID: little-blue-heron-egretta-caerulea; iNaturalist taxon ID: 4937; eBird taxon ID: libher; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 10054; ABA bird ID: liblhe; IRMNG ID: 10585007; BirdLife taxon ID: 22696944
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Pelecaniformes • Familia: Ardeidae • Subfamilia: Ardeinae • Genus: Egretta • Species: Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)