Tricoloured Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Photos by BarrytheBirder

Tricolored Heron

This is a bird I most familiar with in the Yucatan Peninsula area of Mexico.   They have white bellies and forenecks that contrast with mainly dark blue upperparts.   Their bills are long and slender.   The birds in these photos were very accommodating to the dozens of tourist-photographers, like me, surrounding them. 

These birds were formerly known as the Louisiana Heron.  

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BarrytheBirder