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Common Name

Great Blue Heron

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-1072

Species

Species: herodias

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae Subfamily: Ardeinae Genus: Ardea Species: herodias 752

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	183.495	33.094	31.438
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 3	0	0	0
Scapula	72.804	83.674	55.53

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Female

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Idaho Museum of Natural History

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements