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 bird near the water and walking away Locality Lima Department, Peru (ssp striatus)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 14 sec 5 -
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 2 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 2 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 3 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
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 2 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 2 years ago 31 sec 4.5
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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 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.5 -
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 18 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 -
Impressive
Locality Maricao State Forest, Maricao, Puerto Rico (ssp virescens)
Guy Poisson 22 December 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Where is fish!
Locality Queen Sirikit Park, Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand
pep 16 weeks ago 4.3
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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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