Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
none African Bird Club Checklist 2004 (v.1) African Bird Club Checklist August 2005 (v.1) African Bird Club Checklist March 2007 (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.2) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.2) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.2) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.2) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.2) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024) (v.2) eBird version 2015 (v.?) eBird version 2016 (v.?) eBird version 2017 (v.?) eBird version 2018 (v.?) eBird version 2019 (v.?) eBird version 2021 (v.?) eBird version 2022 (v.?) eBird version 2023 (v.?) eBird version 2024 (v.?) Howard and Moore 2nd edition (v.2) Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16) (v.2) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015) (v.2) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017) (v.2) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017) (v.2) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018) (v.2) Oriental Bird Club (v.1) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (v.1) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition) (v.2)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Groenrugreier
Bulgarian: Зеленогърба / Ивичеста чапла
Bengali: খুদে বক
Catalan: Martinet verd
Cebuano: yoho
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): kalali
Czech: Volavka promenlivá, volavka zelenavá/proměnlivá
Danish: Krabbe/Mangrovehejre, Mangrovehejre
German: Grün-/Mangrovereiher, Mangrovereiher
Greek: Πρασινοτσικνιάς/Γραμμοτσικνιάς
English: Green Heron, Green/Striated Heron, Green-backed Heron, Little green heron, Little Heron, Striated Heron, Striated or Galapagos Heron, Striated, Green or Galapagos Heron, Striated/Green Heron
English, HBW: Green-backed Heron
English (IOC): Green/Striated Heron
English (United States): Green/Striated Heron
English (South Africa): Green/Green-backed Heron
Esperanto: Striardeo
Spanish: garceta verde, Garcilla Capiverde, Garcilla Cuelligrís, Garcilla verde, Garcilla Verde/Azulada, Garcita azulada, Garcita Verde/Azulada, Garcita Verdosa
Spanish (Argentine): Garcita azulada
Spanish (Chile): Garcita azulada
Spanish (Colombia): Garcita Rayada
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garcilla Cuelligrís, Garcilla verde, Garcilla Verde/Cuelligrís
Spanish (Ecuador): Garcilla Verde/Estriada
Spanish (Spain): Garcilla verde/azulada, Garcita Verde/Azulada
Spanish (HBW): Green/Striated Heron
Spanish (Mexico): garceta verde
Spanish (Nicaragua): Garcilla Capiverde
Spanish (Panama): Garza Verde/Listada
Spanish (Peru): Garcita Estriada
Spanish (Paraguay): Garcita azulada
Spanish (Uruguay): Garcita Azulada
Spanish (Venezuela): Chicuaco Cuello Gris, Chicuaco Cuello Rojo/Cuello Gris
Estonian: väikehaigur (rohe-väikehaigur)
Finnish: Kyyryhaikara
French: Héron strié, Héron strié ou H. des Galapagos, Héron strié, H. vert ou H. des Galapagos, Héron vert, Héron vert ou H. strié
Guarani: Hoko'i
Hebrew: אנפית מנגרובים, אנפת מנגרובים
Hindi: Doshi kokku
Hungarian: mangrovegém, Zöld gém/Mangrovegém
Indonesian: Burung Kokokan Laut, Kokokan laut
Icelandic: Græn-/krabbahegri, Krabbahegri
Italian: Airone dorsoverde, Airone striato, Airone verde/striato
Japanese (romaji): amerikasasagoi/sasagoi, garapagosusasagoi, sasa goi, Sasa-goi
Japanese: アメリカササゴイ/ササゴイ, ガラパゴスササゴイ, ササゴイ
Japanese (Kanji): 笹五位
Korean: 검은댕기해오라기
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-daenggi-haeoragi
Kwangali: Hakaruu
Scientific: Ardea striata, Ardeola striata, Butorides [striata or sundevalli], Butorides [striata, virescens or sundevalli], Butorides striata, Butorides striata striata, Butorides striata/virescens, Butorides striatus, Butorides virescens/striata
Lithuanian: Dryžuotasis garnys
Malagasy: Ambaramaty, fony maitso, Keho, Kisanjy, Koaky, Tambakoratsy, Voromaty, Vorompantsika
Malayalam: ചിന്നകൊക്ക് 
Mongolian: Ногоон дэглэй
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠪᠣᠷ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Ногоовор дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): nogooŋ deglei, nogoovor deglii
Malay: Burung, Burung Pucung Bakau, Burung Pucung Keladi, Burung Upih-upihan, Pucong Keladi, Pucong Keladi Bakau, Pucung Keladi
Nepali: छोटाखुट्टे बकुल्ला
Dutch: Groene Reiger/Mangrovereiger, Mangrovereiger
Norwegian: grønnrygghegre/krabbehegre, Krabbehegre
Polish: czapla zielona/zielonawa, czapla zielonawa
Pinyin: dǎ-yú-láng, lǜ lù, lǜ suō lù, lù-sī, tián-luó lù, xiǎo lǜ lù
Portuguese: Socozinho
Portuguese (Brazil): Socozinho
Portuguese (Portugal): garçote-verde/garçote-de-dorso-verde
Russian: Зеленая кваква, Зелёная кваква, Зеленоспинная/Зелёная цапля, Кваква зеленая
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Pala-koka
Slovak: čaplička zelenkavá/mangrovová, Volavka mangrovová
Slovenian: Ameriška/Progasta zelena čaplja, progasta zelena čaplja
Serbian: Američka zelena čaplja/zelena čaplja
Swedish: Grönhäger, grönryggig häger/mangrovehäger, Mangrovehäger
Swahili: Ngojamalika
Tamil: Dhosi Kokku
Thai: นกยางเขียว
Thai (Transliteration): nók yaaŋ kʰĭaw
Turkish: yeşil sırtlı balıkçıl, Yeşil/yeşil sırtlı balıkçıl
Tahitian: ao
Ukrainian: Чапля мангрова
Vietnamese: Chim Cò xanh, Cò xanh, Cò xanh java
Chinese: 小绿鹭, 打鱼郎, 綠鷺, 绿 鹭, 绿鹭, 绿鹭/美洲绿鹭, 鹭鸶
Chinese (Traditional): 小綠鷺, 打魚郎, 田螺鷺, 綠鷺, 绿鹭/美洲绿鹭, 鷺鷥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 綠蓑鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 绿蓑鹭