Louisiana heron

noun

1. tricolored heron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Louisiana heron¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

Into Brooklyn was blown a baby Louisiana heron, with one wing broken.

From Time Magazine Archive

On another island, where we also found a big colony of frigate-birds roosting on the mangrove and Gulf tamarisk scrub, there was a small heronry of the Louisiana heron.

From Project Gutenberg

The screech of the crane and the Louisiana heron, the hoarse hooting of owls, and the hoarser croak of the pelican, mingled together; and, louder than all, the scream of the osprey and the voice of the bald eagle—the last falling upon the ear with sharp metallic repetitions that exactly resembled the filing of saws.

From Project Gutenberg

The great egret, too, was there, with its snowy plumage and orange bill; the delicately-formed Louisiana heron, with droves of sand-hill cranes, appearing in the distance like flocks of white sheep.

From Project Gutenberg