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Little Heron

Butorides atricapilla (Afzelius, A 1804)




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Butorides
Scientific:
  Butorides atricapilla

Original description

Citation:
  (Afzelius, A 1804)

Reference:
   Kung. Sven. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 25 p.264

Protonym:
  Ardea atricapilla

Type locality:
  near Freetown, Sierra Leone

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180079#page/280/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  7085B8A0829E3CDC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-7085B8A0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7085B8A0

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824508

Geographic range:

  • Butorides atricapilla: sub-Saharan Africa including islands in Gulf of Guinea and Malagasy region, coasts of Middle East, islands in northern Indian Ocean, Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, and Lakshadweep eastward through Japan, eastern China, Philippines, the Greater Sundas, New Guinea, Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, New Caledonia, Fiji, and disjunctly in Tahiti; northeastern Asian populations winter to southward
  • Butorides atricapilla atricapilla: Africa south of the Sahara, islands in Gulf of Guinea, Nile Valley and probably Mediterranean coast of Israel
  • Butorides atricapilla rhizophorae: Comoro Islands
  • Butorides atricapilla rutenbergi: Madagascar
  • Butorides atricapilla crawfordi: Aldabra and Amirante islands
  • Butorides atricapilla degens: Seychelles
  • Butorides atricapilla brevipes: Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula, and Persian Gulf coasts
  • Butorides atricapilla javanica: Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, and Lakshadweep east through Myanmar and Thailand to the Greater Sundas; also the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues)
  • 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 albolimbata: Chagos Archipelago (including Diego Garcia)
  • Butorides atricapilla albidula: southern Maldives
  • Butorides atricapilla didii: northern and central Maldives
  • Butorides atricapilla carcinophila: Taiwan, Philippines, and Sulawesi
  • Butorides atricapilla amurensis: Manchuria to northeastern China and Japan including Ryukyu and Bonin islands (southern Japan)
  • Butorides atricapilla stagnatilis: north-central Australia
  • Butorides atricapilla cinerea: northeastern Western Australia
  • Butorides atricapilla rogersi: northwestern Western Australia
  • Butorides atricapilla macrorhyncha: eastern Queensland and New Caledonia including Loyalty Islands
  • Butorides atricapilla littleri: northeastern Australia (northeastern Queensland)
  • Butorides atricapilla moluccarum: Moluccas
  • Butorides atricapilla steini: Lesser Sundas
  • Butorides atricapilla papuensis: northwestern New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
  • Butorides atricapilla solomonensis: New Hanover (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago) to western Fiji
  • Butorides atricapilla idenburgi: north-central New Guinea
  • Butorides atricapilla flyensis: southern New Guinea (Southern Lowlands and Trans-Fly regions)
  • Butorides atricapilla patruelis: Tahiti (Society Islands)
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Striated Heron
Afrikaans:
Groenrugreier
Azerbaijani:
Qarabaş yaşıl qarıldaq
Bulgarian:
Черноглава ивичеста чапла
Bengali:
কুড়োবক
Catalan:
martinet estriat menut
Czech:
volavka malá
Danish:
Mangrovehejre
Greek:
Γραμμοτσικνιάς 
Esperanto:
mangrova ardeo
Spanish:
Garcilla Menor
Spanish (Spain):
Garcilla menor
Persian:
حواصیل راه‌راه
Finnish:
kyyryhaikara
French:
Héron des mangroves
Hebrew:
אפית מנגרובים
Hungarian:
Mangróvgém
Icelandic:
Hvirfilhegri
Italian:
Airone striato
Japanese:
ササゴイ
Korean:
검은댕기해오라기
Nepali:
जुनबकुल्ला
Dutch:
Mangrovereiger
Norwegian:
småhegre
Polish:
czapla czarnoczuba
Portuguese:
garça-de-cabeça-negra
Romanian:
Stârc de mangrove
Slovak:
čaplička čiernohlavá
Serbian:
Zelena čaplja
Swedish:
mangrovehäger
Thai:
นกยางเขียว
Turkish:
Yeşil Sırtlı Balıkçıl
Ukrainian:
Чапля мангрова мала
Chinese:
绿鹭
Chinese (Traditional):
綠簑鷺

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Striated Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Striated Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Striated Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Striated Heron [Old World] ( Butorides striata [atricapilla])
Avilist 2025:
Little Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 4]
Clements, version 2025:
Little Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 7]
eBird version 1.52:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Striated Heron (Old World) ( Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Little Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 8]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Little Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Little Heron ( Butorides atricapilla) [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Groenrugreier, Groenrugreier (Ouwêreldse)
Arabic: بلشون مخطط (العالم القديم) (مجموعة)
Azerbaijani: Qarabaş yaşıl qarıldaq
Bulgarian: Ивичеста чапла [Група atricapilla], Черноглава ивичеста чапла
Bengali: কুড়োবক
Catalan: martinet estriat menut
Czech: volavka malá, volavka proměnlivá [skupina atricapilla]
Danish: Mangrovehejre, Mangrovehejre, den gamle verden [atricapilla Gruppe]
German: Mangrovereiher [atricapilla-Gruppe]
Greek: Γραμμοτσικνιάς [atricapilla ομάδα], Γραμμοτσικνιάς [atricapilla], Γραμμοτσικνιάς 
English: Little Heron, Striated Heron, Striated Heron (Old World), Striated Heron [Old World]
English (Avilist): Little Heron
English, HBW: Green-backed Heron (Old World)
English (India): Striated Heron (Little Heron)
English (IOC): Striated Heron (Old World)
English (United States): Little Heron, Striated Heron (Old World)
English (South Africa): Green-backed Heron (Old World)
Esperanto: mangrova ardeo
Spanish: Garcilla Azulada (grupo atricapilla), Garcilla Menor, Garcita Azulada (grupo atricapilla)
Spanish (Argentine): Garcita Azulada [grupo atricapilla]
Spanish (Chile): Garcita azulada [grupo atricapilla]
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garcilla Cuelligrís (grupo atricapilla), Garcilla Cuelligrís [grupo atricapilla]
Spanish (Ecuador): Garcilla Chica, Garcilla Estriada [Grupo atricapilla]
Spanish (Spain): Garcilla azulada (grupo atricapilla), Garcilla menor, Garcita azulada (grupo atricapilla), Garcita Azulada [atricapilla Group]
Spanish (HBW): Striated Heron (Old World)
Spanish (Panama): Garza Listada (grupo atricapilla)
Spanish (Peru): Garcita Estriada [grupo atricapilla]
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Garceta Estriada [grupo atricapilla]
Spanish (Paraguay): Garcita azulada [grupo atricapilla]
Spanish (Uruguay): Garcita Azulada [Grupo atricapilla], Garcita Azulada Oriental
Spanish (Venezuela): Chicuaco Cuello Gris [grupo atricapilla]
Persian: حواصیل راه‌راه, حواصیل سبز [atricapilla Group]
Finnish: kyyryhaikara, kyyryhaikara [alalaji atricapilla]
French: Héron des mangroves, Héron strié (atricapilla), Héron strié (groupe atricapilla), Héron strié (Paléarctique), Héron strié [atricapilla]
French (Guyane): Héron strié (groupe atricapilla)
Gujarati: લીલી બગલી
Hebrew: אנפית מנגרובים (עולם ישן), אפית מנגרובים
Hindi: कंचा बगला
Hungarian: Mangrovegém [atricapilla csoport], Mangróvgém
Indonesian: Kokokan laut (grup atricapilla)
Icelandic: Hvirfilhegri, Krabbahegri [atricapilla hópur]
Italian: Airone striato, Airone striato [gruppo atricapilla]
Japanese (romaji): sasagoi (atricapilla guru-pu)
Japanese: ササゴイ, ササゴイ (atricapilla グループ), ササゴイ（atricapilla グループ）
Kannada: ಜೌಗು ಹಕ್ಕಿ
Korean: 검은댕기해오라기, 검은댕기해오라기 (atricapilla group)
Konkani: खरबो
Scientific: Ardea atricapilla, Butorides atricapilla, Butorides striata [atricapilla Group], Butorides striata [atricapilla], Butorides striata atricapilla
Lithuanian: Žaliasis naktikovis [atricapilla grupė]
Malayalam: ചിന്നക്കൊക്ക്
Malay: Pucung-Bakau Biasa
Nepali: जुनबकुल्ला
Dutch: Mangrovereiger, Mangrovereiger (atricapilla groep
Norwegian: krabbehegre (atricapilla gr.), småhegre
Punjabi: ਧਾਰੀਦਾਰ ਬਗਲਾ
Polish: czapla czarnoczuba, czapla zielonawa [gr. atricapilla]
Portuguese: garça-de-cabeça-negra
Portuguese (Angola): Garça-de-dorso-verde, Garça-de-dorso-verde [grupo atricapilla]
Portuguese (Brazil): socozinho [grupo atricapilla]
Portuguese (Portugal): garçote-de-dorso-verde [grupo atricapilla], Socózinho [grupo atricapilla]
Romanian: Stârc de mangrove, Stârc de mangrove (grupul atricapilla)
Russian: Зелёная цапля [группа atricapilla]
Slovak: čaplička čiernohlavá, čaplička čiernohlavá (skup.)
Slovenian: Progasta zelena čaplja [atricapilla]
Serbian: Zelena čaplja, Zelena čaplja [atricapilla grupa]
Swedish: galápagoshäger [atricapilla Group], galápagoshäger [gruppen atricapilla], mangrovehäger
Telugu: దోసి కొంగ
Thai: นกยางเขียว, นกยางเขียว (atricapilla), นกยางเขียว (โลกเก่า)
Turkish: Galapagos Yeşil Balıkçılı [atricapilla Grubu], Yeşil Sırtlı Balıkçıl, Yeşil sırtlı balıkçıl [atricapilla grubu]
Ukrainian: Чапля мангрова [група atricapilla], Чапля мангрова мала
Chinese: 绿鹭, 绿鹭（旧大陆）
Chinese (Hong Kong): 綠鷺
Chinese (Traditional): 綠簑鷺, 綠簑鷺(atricapilla群), 綠簑鷺(舊世界)
Zulu: umacutholuhlaza

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