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Striated Heron
Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Herons, ibises & storks

Striated Heron

Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishStriated Heron
DutchMangrovereiger
SpanishGarcita verdosa
Chinese南美绿鹭
Sranan Tongosabaku (general name for the group)
Scientific nameButorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits. The breeding habitat is in South America and the Caribbean. The striated heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the little heron that is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyArdeidae
GenusButorides

In Suriname

2,254Records in Suriname
69iNaturalist observations
1857First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo665
  • Commewijne549
  • Para285
  • Nickerie196
  • Sipaliwini174
  • Wanica84
  • Brokopondo42
  • Saramacca32
  • Coronie18
  • Marowijne5

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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