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| Length: 25 to 28 inches | Wingspan: 36 inches | Seasonality: Summer (rare) |
| ID Keys: Dark bluish-gray upperparts, white underparts with white foreneck, long yellow bill with dark tip, reddish-brown stripes on front of upper neck. | ||
The Tricolored Heron is a small, slender heron normally found along the coastlines in
the southeastern United States. The term "tricolored" refers to
the dark bluish upperparts, the white underparts, and the reddish brown stripes
found on its upper neck. Tricolored Herons are normally found near salt
water, especially during the breeding season, but occasionally are found inland
(rarely in South Dakota). It was formerly called the Louisiana Heron.
2) Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Tricolored Heron
3) eNature.com: -- Tricolored Heron
4) Whatbird.com -- Tricolored Heron
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| South Dakota Status: Rare visitor in the eastern part of the state. There have been a handful of recorded instances of breeding in South Dakota. |
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