The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the Striated Heron (Butorides striata), and together they were called “Green-backed Heron”. Birds of the nominate subspecies (no matter which taxonomic arrangement is preferred) are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe; individuals from the Pacific coast of North America may similarly stray as far as Hawaii.
Factsheet: Green Heron Butorides virescens
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
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