Birds of Nicaragua
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
Nicaragua
Cuba