The striated heron also known as mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. Striated herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia, and in South America and the Caribbean. Vagrants have been recorded on Oceanic islands, such as Chuuk and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marianas and Palau; the bird recorded on Yap on February 25, 1991, was from a continental Asian rather than from a Melanesian population, while the origin of the bird seen on Palau on May 3, 2005 was not clear. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.144
Protonym:
Ardea striata
Type locality:
Surinam.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/163/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
8261A45D3DCD1003
Avibase ID:
avibase-8261A45D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8261A45D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 726050
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Striated or Green Heron [excl. sundevalli] ( Butorides [striata, atricapilla or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Striated or Green Heron [excl. sundevalli] ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Striated or Green Heron [excl. sundevalli] ( Butorides [striata, atricapilla or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Striated or Green Heron (excl. sundevalli) ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Striated or Green Heron (excl. sundevalli) ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Striated or Green Heron (excl. sundevalli) ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Striated or Green Heron (excl. sundevalli) ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Striated or Green Heron [excl. sundevalli] ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Striated or Green Heron [excl. sundevalli] ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Striated or Green Heron [excl. sundevalli] ( Butorides [striata or virescens, excl. sundevalli]) |
eBird version 1.55: Green/Striated Heron ( Butorides virescens/striata) |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Striated Heron ( Butorides striatus) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Butorides [striata, virescens or sundevalli]
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