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The green heron is relatively small; adult body length is about 44 cm (17 in). The neck is often pulled in tight against the body. Adults have a glossy, greenish-black cap, a greenish back and wings that are grey-black grading into green or blue, a chestnut neck with a white line down the front, grey underparts and short yellow legs.
The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little green heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall.Striated herons are mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits.
Pied heron: Egretta picata (Gould, 1845) 45 White-faced heron: Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) 46 White-backed night heron: Calherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) 47 White-eared night heron: Oroanassa magnifica (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) 48 Striated heron: Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) 49 Lava heron: Butorides sundevalli (Reichenow, 1877 ...
Green heron. Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae. The family Ardeidae contains the herons, egrets, and bitterns. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive.
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts. This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three ...
The Butorides herons were formerly considered one species, but are now normally split as above, with the green heron breeding in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies and the Pacific coast of Canada and the United States, and the striated heron in South America, and the Old World tropics and warm temperate regions from west Africa to Japan.
Great blue heron, Ardea herodias; Great egret, Ardea alba; Snowy egret, Egretta thula; Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea (R) Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor (R) Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens (R) Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis; Green heron, Butorides virescens; Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax; Yellow-crowned night-heron ...
Great blue heron, Ardea herodias (A) Gray heron, Ardea cinerea (A) Great egret, Ardea alba; Little egret, Egretta garzetta (A) Western reef-heron, Egretta gularis (A) Snowy egret, Egretta thula (A) Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor (A) Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis; Green heron, Butorides virescens