Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Butorides [striata, virescens or sundevalli] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 

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Other related concepts

• Butorides [striata x virescens] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Groenreier
Azerbaijani: Amerika yaşıl qarıldağı
Belarusian: Зялёная чапля
Bulgarian: Зелена мангрова чапла, Зеленогърба чапла
Bengali: ঳ফুজ ফক
Bengali (transliteration): sabuja baka*
Breton: Kerc'heiz c'hlas
Catalan: Martinet verd
Czech: volavka zelenavá, volovka zelenavá
Welsh: Crëyr gwyrdd
Danish: Krabbehejre
German: Grünreiher, Nordamerikanischer Mangrovereiher
Greek: Πρασιvoτσικvιάς, Πρασινοτσικνιάς
English: Chucklehead, Green Heron, Little green Heron, Poke
English, HBW: Green-backed Heron (Green Heron)
English (IOC): Green Heron
English (United States): Green Heron
Esperanto: Verda ardeo
Spanish: Aguaitacaimán, Crá-Crá, Garceta Verde, Garcilla verde, Garcita Verde, Garcita verde o ajoquillo, Garcita Verdosa, Garcita verdosau, Garza Verde, Martinete, Valet de caïman
Spanish (Colombia): Garcita Verde
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garcilla Verde
Spanish (Cuba): Aguaitacaimán
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Crá-Crá, Valet de caïman
Spanish (Ecuador): Garcilla verde
Spanish (Spain): Garcilla verde, Garcita Verde
Spanish (HBW): Green Heron
Spanish (Honduras): Garcita verde o ajoquillo
Spanish (Mexico): garceta verde, Garcita Verde, Garza Verde
Spanish (Panama): Garza Verde
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Martinete
Spanish (Venezuela): Chicuaco Cuello Rojo
Estonian: punakael-väikehaigur
Basque: Lertxuntxo berde
Finnish: amerikankyyryhaikara
French: Héron strié, Héron vert, Kayali vert
Frisian: Griene reager
Irish: Corr ghlas
Guadeloupean Creole French: Caiali, Kio
Galician: Socociño esverdeado
Manx: Coar ghlass
Haitian Creole French: Ti Krabye vèt
Hebrew: אנפית ירוקה
Croatian: Američka zelena čaplja, Zeleni gak
Hungarian: zöld gém
Icelandic: Grænhegri
Italian: Airone verde
Japanese (romaji): amerikasasagoi
Japanese: アメリカササゴイ
Kirghiz: Америка жашыл кытаны
Scientific: Ardea virescens, Ardeola striata virescens, Ardeola virescens, Butorides striata virescens, Butorides striatus virescens, Butorides virescens, Butorides virescens virescens
Luxembourgish: Grengreeër
Lithuanian: Žaliasis garnys, Žalsvasis garnys, Žalsvasis naktikovas, žalsvasis naktikovis
Latvian: zaļais gārnis
Dutch: Groene Reiger, Kleine Groene Reiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grønrygghegre
Norwegian: Grønnrygghegre
Polish: czapla zielona
Portuguese: Socó-mirím
Portuguese (Portugal): garçote-verde, Socó-mirim
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun verd
Romanian: Stârc verde
Russian: Американская зелёная кваква, Зеленоспинная кваква, Зеленоспинная цапля, Кваква Зеленая, Кваква зеленоспинная
Northern Sami: Ruonasealháigir, Ruonásealháigir
Slovak: caplicka zelenkavá, čaplička zelenkavá
Slovenian: ameriška zelena čaplja
Albanian: Çapka e gjelbër
Serbian: Američka zelena čaplja, Zelena čaplja
Swedish: Grönryggad häger, grönryggig häger, Lotushäger
Turkish: Yeşil Balıkçıl
Ukrainian: чапля зелена
Chinese: 美洲绿鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 小綠鷺