---
title: "Tricolored Heron"
description: "Egretta tricolor — Uccelli. The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron native to coastal parts of the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tricolored-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tricolored Heron

> Egretta tricolor — Uccelli. The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron native to coastal parts of the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Egretta tricolor*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 60580
- Wikidata: [Q392139](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392139)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4938](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4938)

## Names

- en: Tricolored Heron
- de: Dreifarbenreiher
- es: Garza Tricolor
- fr: Aigrette tricolore
- nl: Driekleurenreiger
- pt: Garça-tricolor
- pl: Czapla trójbarwna

## Countries with the most observations

US (44660), MX (8616), CR (1305), CO (576), PA (553), NI (320), EC (302), DO (289), PR (231), HN (219), SV (211), CU (209)

## Summary

The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron native to coastal parts of the Americas. The species is more solitary than other species of heron in the Americas and eats a diet consisting mostly of small fish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolored_heron

## Photo

![Tricolored Heron](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tricolored-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aaron Polichar · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/274946211

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tricolored-heron?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).