Little Blue Heron

Where to see

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Caroni Swamp leads · 31 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Little Blue Heron during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~90%
2 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
3 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
4 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
5 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
6 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
7 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
8 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
9 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
10 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
11 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
12 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
13 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~40%
14 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
15 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
16 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~30%
17 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
18 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
19 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
20 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
21 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
22 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
23 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
24 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
25 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Little Blue Heron?

Caroni Swamp

In Caroni Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Little Blue Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 31 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Little Blue Heron?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are April and June–January in Caroni Swamp (about 90%), February and November–December in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (about 80%) and August–October and December–February in Palo Verde National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Little Blue Heron on a given day. Each park's Little Blue Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.