Whereas larger herons tend to stand prominently in open parts of wetlands, Green Herons tend to be at the edges, in shallow water, or concealed in vegetation.
Taxonomy ; Breeds in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains, south to northern Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Some resident, most migrate to western ...
Migration & Range Maps ... Withdraws in winter from all except southern tier of United States. Northern birds known to migrate as far as Panama, northern South ...
As summer wanes across much of their North American range, Green Herons move south. Many spend the winter alongside resident birds in Florida and along the ...
RANGE: The Green Heron occurs in North America, Central America, and the West Indies. The status of the species at the southern edge of its range requires ...
Range. The green heron breeds in most of the eastern United States from the Canadian border south to the Gulf of Mexico and west to the Great Plains, western ...
It breeds across eastern parts of the continent and along the Pacific Coast into far northern South America and the Caribbean. The subspecies inhabiting ...
The Green Heron is a small, stocky wading bird, common in wetlands across much of North America. Greenish black cap on head with a rufous (reddish-brown) neck.
