Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda (B), Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B) (NB), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (B), St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Greenland, Portugal, South Africa, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Uruguay.
Northern America, from Massachusetts to Florida and thence to eastern Mexico and western Indies; also from southern part of Gulf of California through Central America into northern half of South America, extending south to Peru, Bolivia and southern Brazil.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 300,000 - 450,000 (2010).
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) [XC381887]
by Paul Marvin from Knight Lake, Green Lane Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States (call)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) [XC257316]
by Paul Marvin from Manab\u00ed: La Segua marsh (Chone lakes), Ecuador (call, calls)
Nest
A platform of sticks in a tree or shrub. In colonies, often with other heron species.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet