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
Geographic range:
Butorides striata : eastern Panama and all South America to northern Argentina and Chile
Butorides atricapilla atricapilla : Africa south of the Sahara and islands in Gulf of Guinea
Butorides atricapilla carcinophila : Taiwan, Philippines, and Sulawesi
Butorides atricapilla steini : Lesser Sundas
Butorides atricapilla brevipes : Red Sea environs and northern Somalia
Butorides atricapilla amurensis : Manchuria to northeastern China and Japan including Ryukyu and Bonin islands (southern Japan)
Butorides atricapilla rutenbergi : Madagascar
Butorides atricapilla crawfordi : Aldabra and Amirante islands
Butorides atricapilla rhizophorae : Comoro Islands
Butorides atricapilla degens : Seychelles
Butorides atricapilla albolimbata : Chagos Archipelago (including Diego Garcia)
Butorides atricapilla albidula : southern Maldives
Butorides atricapilla didi : northern and central Maldives
Butorides atricapilla actophila : eastern China to northern Vietnam and northern Myanmar
Butorides atricapilla spodiogaster : Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands and islands off western Sumatra
Butorides atricapilla moluccarum : Moluccas
Butorides atricapilla papuensis : northwestern New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
Butorides atricapilla idenburgi : north-central New Guinea
Butorides atricapilla flyensis : southern New Guinea (Southern Lowlands and Trans-Fly regions)
Butorides atricapilla stagnatilis (stagnatilis) : north-central Australia
Butorides atricapilla stagnatilis (cinerea) : northeastern Western Australia
Butorides atricapilla macrorhyncha : eastern Queensland and New Caledonia including Loyalty Islands
Butorides atricapilla littleri : northeastern Australia (northeastern Queensland)
Butorides atricapilla solomonensis : New Hanover (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago) to western Fiji)
Butorides atricapilla patruelis : Tahiti (Society Islands)
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English: Striated Heron [excl. rogersi]
French: Héron strié [excl. rogersi]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides [striata or atricapilla, excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides striata [excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides [striata or atricapilla, excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides striata [excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides striata [excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides striata [excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides striata [excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides striata [excl. rogersi] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Striated Heron [excl. rogersi] ( Butorides striata [excl. rogersi] )
Clements 1st edition: Striated Heron ( Butorides striatus )
[version 3]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Butorides striatus
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Other synonyms
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Afrikaans: Groenrugreier
Bengali: খুদে বক
Catalan: Martinet verd
Cebuano: yoho
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): kalali
Czech: volavka promenlivá
Danish: Mangrovehejre
German: Mangrovereiher
English: Striated Heron, Striated Heron [excl. rogersi]
English (India): Striated Heron (Little Heron)
English (Kenya): Striated Heron
English (South Africa): Green-backed Heron
Esperanto: Striardeo
Spanish: Garcita Verdosa
Spanish (Argentine): Garcita azulada
Spanish (Chile): Garcita azulada
Spanish (Colombia): Garcita Rayada
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garcilla verde
Spanish (Spain): Garcita Azulada
Spanish (Mexico): Garceta verde
Spanish (Panama): Garza Listada
Spanish (Peru): Garcita Estriada
Spanish (Paraguay): Garcita azulada
Spanish (Uruguay): Garcita Azulada
Spanish (Venezuela): Chicuaco Cuello Gris
Estonian: väikehaigur (rohe-väikehaigur)
Persian: حواصیل سبز
Finnish: kyyryhaikara
French: Héron strié, Héron strié [excl. rogersi]
Guarani: Hoko'i
Hebrew: אנפית מנגרובים
Hindi: Doshi kokku
Croatian: Zelena čaplja
Hungarian: mangrovegém
Indonesian: Burung Kokokan Laut
Icelandic: Krabbahegri
Italian: Airone striato
Japanese (romaji): garapagosusasagoi
Japanese: ガラパゴスササゴイ
Japanese (Kanji): 笹五位
Korean: 검은댕기해오라기
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-daenggi-haeoragi
Kwangali: Hakaruu
Scientific: Ardea striata, Ardeola striata, Butorides [striata or atricapilla, excl. rogersi], Butorides striata, Butorides striata [excl. rogersi], Butorides striata striata, Butorides striatus
Lithuanian: Dryžuotasis garnys
Latvian: svītrainais gārnis
Malagasy: Tambakoratsy
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
Malay: Burung
Nepali: छोटाखुट्टे बकुल्ला
Dutch: Mangrovereiger
Norwegian: Krabbehegre
Polish: czapla zielonawa
Pinyin: lǜ lù
Portuguese: Socozinho
Portuguese (Brazil): Socozinho
Portuguese (Portugal): Socózinho
Russian: Зелёная кваква
Slovak: čaplička mangrovová
Slovenian: progasta zelena čaplja
Serbian: Zelena čaplja
Swedish: Mangrovehäger
Swahili: Ngojamalika
Tamil: Dhosi Kokku
Thai: นกยางเขียว
Thai (Transliteration): nók yaaŋ kʰĭaw
Turkish: yeşil sırtlı balıkçıl
Tahitian: ao
Ukrainian: Чапля мангрова
Vietnamese: Chim Cò xanh
Chinese: 绿鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 小綠鷺
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 綠蓑鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 绿蓑鹭