Herons (Ardeidae)
Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus) - HBW 1, p. 417
French: Héron vert
German: Mangrovereiher
Spanish: Garcita Verdosa
Other common names: Green Heron (virescens); Striated Heron (striatus); Lava/Galapagos Heron (sundevalli); Little (Green) Heron (Asia); Red/Mangrove Heron, Red Mangrove-bittern (rogersi)
Taxonomy: Ardea striata Linnaeus, 1758, Surinam.
Sometimes placed in genus Ardeola. Races virescens and sundevalli often raised to full species; form patens of C Panama intermediate between virescens and striatus, might be result of hybridization. Thirty subspecies commonly recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- anthonyi (Mearns, 1895) - W USA, N Baja California.
- frazari (Brewster, 1888) - S Baja California.
- virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) - C USA and E Canada to Panama and Caribbean.
- anthonyi (Mearns, 1895) - W USA, N Baja California.
- frazari (Brewster, 1888) - S Baja California.
- virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) - C USA and E Canada to Panama and Caribbean.
- bahamensis (Brewster, 1888) - Bahamas.
- striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Panama and all S America S to N Chile and N Argentina.
- sundevalli (Reichenow, 1877) - Galapagos.
- atricapillus (Afzelius, 1804) - Africa S of Sahara and islands in Gulf of Guinea.
- rutenbergi (Hartlaub, 1880) - Madagascar.
- brevipes (Ehrenberg, 1833) - Red Sea and N Somalia.
- crawfordi Nicoll, 1906 - Aldabra and Amirante Is.
- rhizophorae Salomonsen, 1934 - Comoros Is.
- degens Hartert, 1920 - Seychelles.
- albolimbatus Reichenow, 1900 - Diego Garcia, Chagos and Maldive Is.
- chloriceps (Bonaparte, 1855) - Indian Subcontinent, Laccadives, Sri Lanka.
- javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) - Burma and Thailand S to Greater Sundas; Reunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues.
- amurensis (Schrenck, 1860) - Manchuria E to Sakhalin, S to Shantung and Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and Bonin Is.
- actophilus Oberholser, 1912 - E China to N Viet Nam and N Burma.
- spodiogaster Sharpe, 1894 - Andomans, Nicobars and islands off W Sumatra.
- carcinophilus Oberholser, 1924 - Taiwan, Philippines and Sulawesi.
- steini Mayr, 1943 - Lesser Sundas.
- moluccarum Hartert, 1920 - Moluccas.
- papuensis Mayr, 1940 - NW New Guinea and Aru Is.
- idenburgi Rand, 1941 - NC New Guinea.
- rogersi Mathews, 1911 - NW Western Australia.
- cinereus Mayr, 1943 - NE Western Australia.
- stagnatilis (Gould, 1848) - NC Australia.
- littleri Mathews, 1912 - SC New Guinea, NE Queensland.
- macrorhynchus (Gould, 1848) - E Queensland, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
- solomonensis Mayr, 1940 - Melanesia from New Hanover to W Fiji.
- patruelis (Peale, 1848) - Tahiti, Society Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile catching a small fish, cleaning it's bill with it's tongue en moving to a new spot, almost losing it's balance. Locality Amsterdam, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 May 2006 3 years ago 51 sec 4.7 -
A close view of a juvenile catching a Stickleback spec. and swallowing it. Locality Amsterdam, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 May 2006 3 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
A bird seen from above and a close lateral view Locality San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (ssp sundevalli)
Peter van Dam 2 June 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
A adult bird hunting fish. Locality Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 25 February 2012 6 weeks ago 46 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile besides a small ditch, trying to get a decent position to strike at it's prey. Locality Amsterdam, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 May 2006 3 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile in hunting posture, with a close-up of it's fixed head. Locality Amsterdam, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 May 2006 3 years ago 31 sec 4.5
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A bird perched on a rock.
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp chloriceps)
Carmelo López 21 May 2010 9 weeks ago 4.7 -
Bird photographed in fresh water lagoon in Sea Pines Plantation
Locality Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA (United States)
Tom Moxley 21 January 2012 17 weeks ago 4.5 -
Close-up of head and breast
Locality Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (ssp striatus)
Mikko Pyhälä 9 June 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
With a fish
Locality Al Ruwais, Qatar
John A Thompson 14 August 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird mandibulating a large fish.
Locality Vaca Brava Park, Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp striatus)
Elenilson Veríssimo 17 September 2011 32 weeks ago 4.3 -
A juvenile sitting in the twigs at high tide.
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 22 July 2010 1 year ago 4.3
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Single call by one bird on ariver. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp striatus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Calls of two birds during short flights and landing. Locality Pantanos del Usumacincta, Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp virescens)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Alarm calls of a flushed individual Locality Georgia, USA (United States)
(ssp virescens)
Stuart Fisher 3 June 2009 2 years ago 4
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