The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek...
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bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern...
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"Green-backed heron" is a collective term for certain herons. Small and compact among herons, these birds often feature green plumage – rare among the...
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heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little green heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. Striated herons...
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yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea), is one of two species of night heron in genus Nyctanassa. Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a...
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the striated heron (B. striata), and was formerly "lumped" with this species and the green heron (B. virescens) as the green-backed heron. The adult is...
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Butorides (category Herons)
genus of small herons. It contains three similar species: the green heron or green-backed heron, Butorides virescens, the lava heron (Butorides sundevalli)...
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black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night-heron, commonly shortened to just night-heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout...
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International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 74 species of herons, egrets, and bitterns in the family Ardeidae. They are distributed among...
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2019. "Rare green heron spotted in Llanmill, Pembrokeshire". BBC News. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2023. "Rarity finders: Green Heron in Pembrokeshire"...
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The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts...
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Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef. It is 80 kilometres (50 miles) north-east of Gladstone...
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The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic...
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infecting the small intestine of yellow-crowned night heron, Nyctanassa violacea, and eastern green heron, Butorides virescens. It was first described from...
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The agami heron (Agamia agami) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeding bird from Central America south to Peru and Brazil. It is sometimes known...
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marshland birds and water birds including the little egret, the little green heron and cinnamon bittern, and migratory birds form Northern Hemisphere have...
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The IAI Heron (Machatz-1) is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Malat (UAV) division of Israel Aerospace...
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restored where birdwatching can be enjoyed. Yellow-crowned night heron and green heron nest there, and a number of eastern woodland birds also reside in...
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The Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in...
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common tern Sterna hirundo great egret Ardea alba green heron Butorides virescens yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea killdeer Charadrius vociferus...
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pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) is an East Asian freshwater bird of the heron family, (Ardeidae). It is one of six species of birds known as "pond herons" (genus...
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answer to Heron's question: "What do we do now?" are "We try again," presumably with the lessons that they have learned. Safia Oakley-Green as Beyah Chuku...
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1676/07-150.1. Beadel, H. L. (1964). "Purple gallinule robs nest of green heron". The Auk. 63 (1): 87, 88. doi:10.2307/4079916. JSTOR 4079916. Kaufman...
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the head. Snake scales Anatomical terms of location "Project Green Shores: Green Heron" (PDF). Retrieved June 18, 2011. Margaret A. Wissman. "Avian Anatomy"...
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The boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), colloquially known as the boatbill, is an atypical member of the heron family. It is the only member...
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blue heron, Egretta caerulea (B) Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor (U)(B) Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens (N) Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis (B) Green heron...
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Ardeinae is a subfamily of herons, which includes the day herons, night herons, and egrets. Genus †Proardea (fossil) Genus †Zeltornis (fossil, Early Miocene...
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of the impact of the beaver as a keystone species in 2010, include a green heron (Butorides virescens) catching a tule perch (Hysterocarpus traskii traskii)...
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palmchat. The American yellow warbler is found in many areas, as is the green heron. Of the endemic species 48 are threatened with extinction including the...
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