Lava Heron
Butorides sundevalli
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,679
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Description
The lava heron (Butorides sundevalli), also known as the Galápagos heron, is a species of heron endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is considered by some authorities — including the American Ornithological Society and BirdLife International — to be a subspecies (or even just a colour morph) of the striated heron (B. striata), and was formerly "lumped" with this species and the green heron (B. virescens) as the green-backed heron.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lava heron”.