Butorides striata  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Striated Heron

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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Butorides
Species: striata

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• Common names: Striated Heron, Mangrove Heron, Little Heron, Green-backed Heron
• Thai names: นกยางเขียว
• Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
  Butorides striata striata: E Panama and all South America to n Argentina and Chile
  Butorides striata atricapilla: Africa south of the Sahara and islands in Gulf of Guinea
  Butorides striata javanica (javanica): Myanmar and Thailand to Greater Sundas and Mascarene Islands
  Butorides striata javanica (carcinophila): Taiwan, Philippines and Sulawesi
  Butorides striata steini: Lesser Sundas
  Butorides striata chloriceps: Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and Laccadive Islands
  Butorides striata brevipes: Red Sea environs and n Somalia
  Butorides striata amurensis: Manchuria to ne China, Japan, Ryukyu and Bonin islands
  Butorides striata rutenbergi: Madagascar
  Butorides striata crawfordi: Aldabra and Amirante islands
  Butorides striata rhizophorae: Comoro Islands
  Butorides striata degens: Seychelles
  Butorides striata [albolimbata, albigula or didi]: Diego Garcia, Chagos and Maldive islands
  Butorides striata actophila: E China to n Vietnam and n Myanmar
  Butorides striata spodiogaster: Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands and islands off w Sumatra
  Butorides striata moluccarum: Moluccas
  Butorides striata papuensis: Aru Islands and nw New Guinea
  Butorides striata [idenburgi or flyensis]: N-central New Guinea
  Butorides striata stagnatilis (stagnatilis): N-central Australia
  Butorides striata stagnatilis (cinerea): NE Western Australia
  Butorides striata rogersi: NW Western Australia
  Butorides striata macrorhyncha (macrorhyncha): E Queensland, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands
  Butorides striata macrorhyncha (littleri): South-central New Guinea and ne Queensland
  Butorides striata solomonensis: Melanesia (New Hanover to w Fiji)
  Butorides striata patruelis: Tahiti (Society Islands)
• IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population sdecreasing. ​[2]
• Image locations: Bangkok
• Additional notes: 

Image locations

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Images of Butorides striata from Thailand.

Butorides striata (Little heron). Bangkok, November, 2012.

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References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 15 February 2021.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Butorides striata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728182A94973442. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728182A94973442.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2021.
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​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.