Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Egretta caerulea
Garza azul, Little blue Heron
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Egretta
Species
caerulea
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Fernandina, Santa Cruz Last recorded 15/08/2014 in Playa de Los Perros, Santa Cruz, Island.
- Dobson, A. (2011) Observation of Little Blue Heron pers. com.
- Estes, G. (2014) pers. com.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Garate, J. (2011) pers. com.
- Grant, T. Estes, G. (1999) Observation of Little Blue Heron. pers. com.
- Helming, T. (2011) pers. com.
- Henderson, S. (1997) Observation of Little Blue Heron. pers. com.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Pugnali, G. (1999) Primer registro de Egretta caerulea para las islas Galápagos. Cotinga 12: 82-83.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Egretta caerulea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5081. Accessed 31 October 2026.