Stock Photo: Louisiana Heron In The Tropics. Lake Petã©N Itzã¡, Guatemala.
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This is an Egretta tricolor heron species, Ardeidae family. Common name: tricolored heron or Louisiana heron. Found in the coastal areas of Central America. It is a medium-large, long-legged, long-necked heron with a long, pointed, yellowish or greyish bill with a black tip. Its legs and feet are dark. It inhabits shores and shallow marshes, mudflats, mangroves, bays, and swamps that have woodland cover because often it perches in trees. They generally stand in shallow water to seek their prey, usually walking quickly. Observed at lake Petén Itzá shores near Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), Petén department, northern Guatemala.
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