Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Egretta tricolor
Garza tricolor, Tricolored Heron
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Egretta
Species
tricolor
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hydranassa tricolor Muller, 1776
Origin: Vagrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: This species no further information, and then was categorized as hypothetical. But in 2011, 2014 (Bahía Darwin by Greg Estes) was observed in Genovesa Island.
- 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.
- Guerrero, C. (2011) pers. com.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- 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 tricolor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5083. Accessed 31 October 2026.