Birds of Cuba
BETA
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PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns)
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Genus: Butorides (1 species, 3 worldwide)
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.
Photograph by
Tom Friedel
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Green Heron
(Butorides virescens)
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA
Note red compared to otherwise similar Striated Heron.
Photograph by
Tom Friedel
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Eating a frog.
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Colombia
Panama
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Mexico
Experimental sites:
Peru
Venezuela
The World
Brazil
Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:
Guyana
Cuba