Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Family
Ardeidae (Herons)

Size
38 - 43 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. Also, subtropical and tropical mangroves. From sea-level - 1,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico (B), St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Greenland, Portugal, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), United Kingdom.

Central USA and eastern Canada to Panama and Caribbean.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (83)...)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) [XC145807]
by Paul Marvin from Scrub Ridge Trail, Merritt Island NWR, Brevard County, Florida, United States (call)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) [XC34787]
by Andrew Spencer from Jack's Bay, White River NWR, Arkansas Co., Arkansas, United States (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Striated Heron (Butorides striata).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

anthonyi (Mearns, 1895) - Western USA, northern Baja California. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Striated Heron (Butorides striata).
frazari (Brewster, 1888) - Southern Baja California. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Striated Heron (Butorides striata).
virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eastern and central USA to Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Striated Heron (Butorides striata).
bahamensis (Brewster, 1888) - Bahamas. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Striated Heron (Butorides striata).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Green Heron (Butorides virescens) - 10 files

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