Striated Heron
Butorides striata
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 8,382
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits. The breeding habitat is in South America and the Caribbean. The striated heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the little heron that is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Striated heron”.