Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ardeoidea > Family Ardeidae > Genus Butorides

Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ButoridesBlyth, 1852accepted genus name

Species group names

Ardea striata Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: mangrovereiger sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 English: green heron; green-backed heron; striated heron sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).
 French: héron strié sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: mangrovereiher

Literature

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212661

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-07 by Peter Adriaens

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