Table 14-14. 



Resident Status and Relative Abundance of Wading Birds 

 in Coastal Maine for Regions 1 to 3, and 4 to 6 . 



Resident status 

 and species 



Relative abundance 



Breeding 

 1 to 3 4 to 6 



Nonbreeding 

 1 to 3 4 to 6 



Breeding residents 



Great blue heron 



( Ardea herodias ) 

 Green heron 



( Butorides striatus) 

 Least bittern 



( Ixobrychus exilis ) 

 American bittern 



( Botaurus lentiginosus ) 

 Black-crowned night heron 



( Nycticorax nycticorax ) 



Snowy egret 



(Egretta thula) 



Nonbreeding residents 



Little blue heron 



( Florida caerulea ) 

 Cattle egret 



( Bubulcus ibis ) 

 Great egret 



( Casmerodeus albus) 

 Louisiana heron 



( Hydranassa tricolor) 

 Yellow-crowned night heron 



(N. violocea ) 

 Glossy ibis 



( PI egad is falcinellus) 



0=rare or absent; l=uncommon; 2=common. 



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