Juvenile Little Blue Heron

La historia

I photographed this juvenile Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) at Reserva Natural Hato Berlín in Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia. The Little Blue Heron’s range covers much of the Americas, from the United States to northern South America. It lives in both saltwater and freshwater habitats. Adults build their nests in trees, in colonies with other species. Hato Berlín is a civil-society nature reserve on the Casanare savanna, about 10 km from Trinidad, where capybaras, caimans, turtles, monkeys and savanna and marsh birds can be seen. IUCN lists the Little Blue Heron as Least Concern, with a decreasing population.

I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400. The Safari Llanero at Hato Berlín lets visitors watch and photograph wildlife in its habitat and share the culture and food of the people who live there.

El ave

The Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) pertenece a la familia Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.

Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)

Conservación

Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2025), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN