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Butorides striata Striated Heron.jpg

Butorides striata  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Striated Heron

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

  • 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: 
Butorides striata image location map.jpg
Image locations

Images of Butorides striata from Thailand.
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Butorides striata (Little heron). Bangkok, November, 2012.

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.
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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