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The tricolored heron (''Egretta tricolor''), formerly known in North America as the Louisiana heron, is a small heron. It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the USA and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru. There is some post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range. Tricolored heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. In each clutch, 3–7 eggs are typically laid. This species measures from long and has a wingspan of .〔 The slightly larger male heron weighs on average, while the female averages .〔 It is a medium-large, long-legged, long-necked heron with a long pointed yellowish or greyish bill with a black tip. The legs and feet are dark. Adults have a blue-grey head, neck, back and upperwings, with a white line along the neck. The belly is white. In breeding plumage, they have long blue filamentous plumes on the head and neck, and buff ones on the back. The tricolored heron stalks its prey in shallow or deeper water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, crustaceans, reptiles, and insects. ==Gallery== File:Tricolored Heron by Dan Pancamo.jpg|Quintana, Texas File:Tricolored Heron2 by Dan Pancamo.jpg|Feeding File:Tri-color Heron.JPG File:Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) RWD5.jpg|Flying File:Tri-colored heron.jpg|Juvenile File:Tricolored Heron_JCB.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「tricolored heron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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