Green Heron
Butorides virescens - Héron vert
Description identification
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Butorides virescens virescens (c and e USA and e Canada to Panama and the Caribbean)
- Butorides virescens anthonyi (w USA, n Baja California. Mexico.)
- Butorides virescens frazari (s Baja California. Mexico.)
- Butorides virescens bahamensis (Bahama Is.)
Foreign names
- Héron vert,
- Garcilla Verde,
- Socó-mirím,
- Grünreiher,
- zöld gém,
- Groene Reiger,
- Airone verde,
- Grönryggad häger,
- Grønnrygghegre,
- čaplička zelenkavá,
- volavka zelenavá,
- Krabbehejre,
- amerikankyyryhaikara,
- Grænhegri,
- czapla zielona,
- zaļais gārnis,
- ameriška zelena čaplja,
- Американская зелёная кваква,
- アメリカササゴイ,
- 美洲绿鹭,
- 小綠鷺,
Sources of information
- Field guide to the birds of Eastern North America, Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderer
- Les Oiseaux des Antilles, Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Alan Keith, Janis Raffaele
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Audubon,
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v7.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017.
Other sources of interest

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