Little Blue Heron

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q371028
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Little Blue Heron

Summary

Little Blue Heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (872 views/month, #1,447 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Little Blue Heron's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Little Blue Heron is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Little Blue Heron's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Little Blue Heron belongs to the parent taxon Egretta[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Little Blue Heron is Egretta caerulea[7].
  • Little Blue Heron's Commons category is recorded as Egretta caerulea[8].
  • Little Blue Heron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Egretta caerulea[9].
  • Little Blue Heron's Commons gallery is recorded as Egretta caerulea[10].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'crëyr glas bach'}[11].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Little Blue Heron'}[12].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Blaureiher'}[13].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Garceta azul'}[14].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'martinet blavós'}[15].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'volavka modrošedá'}[16].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'sinihaigur'}[17].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Blåhegre'}[18].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Малая голубая цапля'}[19].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ヒメアカクロサギ'}[20].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Blåhejre'}[21].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'sinihaikara'}[22].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'kék gém'}[23].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'czapla śniada'}[24].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'volavka modrosivá'}[25].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'blåhäger'}[26].
  • Little Blue Heron is commonly known as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Kleinbloureier'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Little Blue Heron is Egretta caerulea[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Egretta[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'crëyr glas bach'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Blaureiher'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Garceta azul'}[14], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'martinet blavós'}[15], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'volavka modrošedá'}[16].

Identifiers

Little Blue Heron's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4937[28]. Little Blue Heron's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 110682[29]. Little Blue Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480894[30]. Little Blue Heron's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174827[31].

Why It Matters

Little Blue Heron ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (872 views/month, #1,447 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
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    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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