Medium-sized heron with long neck and legs. Alternate Adult: all slate blue plumage except extensive white chin and throat. Two slate blue occipital plumes. Pale eye, reddish lores and large, orange or orange-red bill. Black legs. Feet either black or yellow. Basic Adult: similar to breeding, but lacks plumes. Yellow lores and extensive yellow feet often extending up to leg joint. Dirtier, yellower bill than breeding. Juvenile: brown-gray or brownish plumage. White chin and throat. Pale eye. Dirty yellow lores and bill. Black legs and yellow feet often extending up to leg joint. White morph: rare. Similar to dark morph, except all white plumage. Little Egret distinguished from Western Reef-Heron by bill structure. Little Blue Heron differs in bill structure, leg color, plumes. Dark morph has dark throat.

Length: 60 (cm) Wingspan: 95 (cm)

Habitat:

Shallow coastal wetlands, reefs or mudflats.

Behavior:

Stalks or stands still in crouched position. Grabs prey and swallows it whole.

Feeding:

Diet consists of fish, frogs, small rodents, crustaceans and mollusks.