Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
NR
Green Heron*
Id (Atlas):
Butorides virescens
Description (10 )
Green Heron
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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.
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.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (83)... )
Listen to XC253709
Green Heron (Butorides virescens ) [XC253709 ]
by Paul Marvin from Arcata, Humboldt County, California, United States (song)
Listen to XC372645
Green Heron (Butorides virescens ) [XC372645 ]
by Manuel Grosselet from S\u00e1mara, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica (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:
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For more information about the Green Heron see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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