WADING BIRDS 



Common Name 

 (Latin name) 



Season of 



Occurrence 3 Nestiny a Food Habits 



References 



Great Egret 



(Casmerodius albus) 



Howell, 1932 



Kushlan & White 1977a 



Snowy Egret 



( Egretta thula ) 



Fish 



Howell 1932 



Kushlan 6 White 1977a 



Ffrench 1966 



Cattle Egret 



(Bubulcus ibis ) 



Fish 



Howell 1932 



Kushlan & White 1977a 



Great White Heron 

 (Ardea herodias 

 occidentalis) 



Fish 



Howell 1932 



Kushlan & White 1977a 



Great Blue Heron 

 (Ardea herodias) 



Howell 1932 



Kushlan & White 1977a 



Reddish Egret 

 ( Dichromanassa 

 ruf escens) 



Howell 1932 



Kushlan & White 1977a 



Louisiana Heron Common 

 ( Hydranassa tricolor ) 



Kushlan s. White 1977a 

 Maxwell & Kale 1977 

 Girard & Taylor 1979 



Little Blue Heron 

 (Florida caerulea) 



Kushlan & White 1977a 

 Maxwell & Kale 1977 

 Girard & Taylor 1979 



Green Heron Common 



( Butorides striatus) 



Fish 



Robertson & Kushlan 1974 

 Maxwell & Kale, 1977 

 Girard & Taylor 1979 



Black-crowned Night 

 Heron 



( Nycticorax 

 nycticorax ) 



Fish , crustaceans , 

 frogs, mice 



Ffrench 1966 

 Maxwell & Kale 1977 

 Girard & Taylor 1979 



Yellow-crowned Night 

 Heron 



( Nyctanassa violacea) 



Fish, crayfish, 

 crabs 



Ffrench 1966 



Girard & Taylor 1979 



Least Bittern 



( Ixobrychus exilis ) 



Fish 



Ffrench 1966 



American Bittern 

 ( Botaurus 

 lentiginosus ) 



W,T 



Crayfish, frogs, 

 small fishes 



Narcisse , pers . comm . 



Wood Stork 



( Mycteria americana ) 



Common 

 (locally 

 abundant) 



Kahl 1964 



Ogden et al. 1976 



Kushlan 1979 



Glossy Ibis 



( Plegadis falci- 

 nellus 



Uncommon 



Fish 



Bacon 1970 

 Howell 1932 



White Ibis 



(Eudocimus albus) 



Fish, crabs (Uca) 



Kushlan 1979 



Kushlan & Kushlan 1975 



Girard & Taylor 1979 



Roseate Spoonbill 

 ( Ajaia ajaja ) 



Sandhill crane 



(Grus canadensis) 



Rare to 

 Uncommon 



Shrimp, fish, 

 aquatic vegetation 



Roots, rhizomes of 

 Cyperus & Sagit - 



taria 



Kushlan & White 1977a 

 Howell 1932 



Ogden 1969 

 Howell 1932 



Limpkin 



( Aramus guar a un a) 



Snails (Pomacea) 



Howell 1932 

 Bacon 1970 



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