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Great Egret
Ardea alba

 

35-41" (89-104 cm). W. 4'7" (1.4 m). All-white heron with yellow bill, black legs. Breeding plumage, has long lacy plumes on back. Smaller Snowy Egret has black bill, legs, yellow feet.… read more

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

 

39-52" (99-132 cm). W. 5'10" (1.8 m). Large, mainly grayish heron with a pale or yellowish bill. Flies with neck folded, not extended. In southern Florida an all-white form, "Great White Heron," has greenish-yellow rather than black legs.… read more

American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus

 

23-34" (58-86 cm). Medium-sized, streaked brown heron. Outer wing appears blackish brown in flight, contrasting with lighter brown of inner wing and body. Adults show long black stripe down side of throat.… read more

Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis

 

20" (51 cm). Small, stocky white heron, with buff on crown, breast, and back during breeding season. Legs pale yellow or orange in adults, blackish in some immatures. Bill short, yellow or orange; dark in juveniles. No other small white heron has a yellow bill.… read more

Green Heron
Butorides virescens

 

16-22" (41-56 cm). A dark, crow-sized heron. Crown black, back and wings dark gray-green or gray-blue (depending on lighting); neck chestnut colored. Bill dark; legs bright orange. Immatures have streaks on neck, breast, and sides.… read more

Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea

 

25-30" (64-76 cm). W. 3'5" (1 m). Adult slate blue with maroon neck. Bill grayish with black tip; legs greenish. Immature is white, usually with dusky tips on primaries. Snowy Egret, smaller, all white, with black bill and legs, yellow lores and feet.… read more

Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens

30" (76 cm). W. 3'10" (1.2 m). Medium-sized heron, slate-gray with shaggy, pale rufous head, neck, bluish legs, pink bill with dark tip. White phase has bluish legs, pink bill with dark tip. Immature grayish with buff on head, neck, wings; bill dark.… read more

Snowy Egret
Egretta thula

 

20-27" (51-69 cm). W. 3'2" (97 cm). Small, white heron with a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet. In breeding season, it has long lacy plumes on its head, neck, and back. Immature bird has yellow stripe up back of leg.… read more

Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor

 

25-30" (64-76 cm). W. 3'2" (97 cm). A slender gray-blue heron with rufous neck and white belly.… read more

Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis

 

11-14" (28-36 cm). A tiny, secretive heron with blackish back and conspicuous buff wing patches and underparts. Female and young are similar but duller, more buffy.… read more

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea

 

22-27" (56-69 cm). W. 3'8" (1.1 m). Adult slate-gray with black head, white cheeks, yellowish crown, plumes, black bill, yellow or orange legs. In flight, feet, part of legs extend beyond tail. Immature grayish brown, finely speckled with white above.… read more

Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax

 

23-28" (58-71 cm). W. 3'8" (1.1 m). A medium-sized, short-necked heron with black crown, back, gray wings, white underparts. Bill short, black, legs pinkish or yellowish. In breeding season it has 2 or more long white plumes on back of head.… read more

Roseate Spoonbill
Ajaia ajaja

30-32" (76-81 cm). W. 4'5" (1.3 m). Bill long and straight with broad spatulate tip from which the bird gets its name. Mainly white, with brilliant pink wings and flanks, and orange tail; shoulder rich crimson. Immature pale pink and white.… read more

White Ibis
Eudocimus albus

 

23-27" (58-69 cm). W. 3'2" (97 cm). Adult white with black wing tips (usually hidden at rest); bare face and down-curved bill are red; legs red in breeding season, otherwise slate-gray. Immatures brown above and white below, with brown bill and legs.… read more

White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi

 

22-25" (56-64 cm). W. 3'1" (94 cm). Chestnut-bronze marsh bird with long, down-curved bill. Band of white feathers around bare face, red eyes, legs. In winter, has streaks on head, neck, brown eyes.… read more

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus

22-25" (56-64 cm). W. 3'1" (94 cm). All-dark marsh bird with down-curved bill. Plumage rich chestnut in breeding season; wings glossy greenish; eyes brown. Bare face is outlined by thin line of white. Outside breeding season, has streaks on head, neck, brown eyes.… read more

Jabiru
Jabiru mycteria

51-60" (129-153 cm). Huge, much larger than Wood Stork. Adult wings and body all-white; the naked head, massive, slightly upcurving bill and legs all solid black; has conspicuous red throat patch. Immature mottled gray-brown, head blackish.… read more

Wood Stork
Mycteria americana

 

40-44" (1-1.1 m). W. 5'6" (1.7 m). White with black flight feathers and tail. Head and neck bare, dark gray. Bill long, stout, and slightly curved; black in adults and dull yellow in immatures. Unlike herons, storks fly with neck extended.… read more

Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber

48" (1.2 m). W. 4'7" (1.4 m). Unmistakable. A tall, long-legged, long-necked pink bird with a short, down-curved bill. Wings have black tips and trailing edges.… read more

Limpkin
Aramus guarauna

 

25-28" (64-71 cm). A long-legged, long-necked, goose-sized marsh bird. Grayish brown with white spots and streaks; long, slender, down-curved bill. In flight, wings have rapid upstroke and slower downstroke.… read more

Whooping Crane
Grus americana

45-50" (1.1-1.3 m). W. 7' 6" (2.3 m). A very large crane, pure white with black wing tips, red on forehead and cheeks. Young birds similar, but strongly tinged with brown.… read more

Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis

 

34-48" (86-122 cm). W. 6' 8" (2 m). Very tall, with long neck and legs. Largely gray, with red forehead; immature browner, no red on head. Plumage often appears rusty because of iron stains from water of tundra ponds.… read more

Mississippi Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis pulla

34-48" (86-122 cm). Wingspan 6' 8" (2 m). A very tall, long-legged, long-necked bird. Mostly gray above and below, with a red forecrown and white cheeks. Young birds have brown head and neck. Legs black. Flies with neck outstretched.… read more

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