Birds of Costa Rica


Striated Heron (Butorides striata striata) Rare/Accidental Guarinocito, Caldas, Colombia
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Striated Heron (Butorides striata) Rare/Accidental Botanical Gardens, Quito, Ecuador
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Striated Heron (Butorides striata striata) Immature Rare/Accidental Rio Branco, Brazil
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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 in Panama and northern Colombia. There are enough records from Costa Rica to trust that this species might be here along with the Green Heron.


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.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba