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Genus: Butorides (3 species)


Striated Heron (Butorides striata) Range: MA, SA, PAL, AF, AU: widespread Botanical Gardens, Quito, Ecuador
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Striated Heron (Butorides striata striata) Range: MA, SA, PAL, AF, AU: widespread Guarinocito, Caldas, Colombia
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Striated Heron (Butorides striata striata) Immature Range: MA, SA, PAL, AF, AU: widespread 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.


Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli) Range: SA: Galápagos Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Range: NA, MA: e, c USA to Panama Everglades National Park, Florida, USA Note red compared to otherwise similar Striated Heron.
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Green Heron (Butorides virescens virescens) Range: NA, MA: e, c USA to Panama 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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© 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