Birds of Colombia - Butorides


Striated Heron (Butorides striata) Botanical Gardens, Quito, Ecuador
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Striated Heron (Butorides striata striata) Immature Rio Branco, Brazil The immature Striated Heron looks virtually identical to the immature Green Heron. There is some range overlap in northern South America and Panama.
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Found worldwide, except North America. Very similar (immatures almost identical) to the Green Heron of North America, with some range overlap.


Green Heron (Butorides virescens virescens) Panama City, Panama The immature Green Heron looks virtually identical to the immature Striated Heron. There is some range overlap in northern South America and Panama.
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Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Everglades National Park, Florida, USA Note red compared to otherwise similar Striated Heron.
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Eating a frog.

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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba