Tricolored Heron

-Egretta tricolor-

White and rufous line down neck onto chest and wings. Slate gray on head, neck, wings, back and tail with white belly, rump and underwing. White plume in breeding plumage. Extremely long legged and billed. Coastal species, wades for finfish. The tricolored heron is present in Texas March through November. One of our colonial nesting waterbird species.

Length – 30"
Wing Span – 46"
Weight – one pound