Little Heron

Butorides atricapilla - Héron des mangroves

Héron des mangroves
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Butorides

  • Species
    :

    atricapilla

Descriptor

Afzelius, 1804

Biometrics
  • Size
    : cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -

Identification

Héron des mangroves
Héron des mangroves

Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information 20 subspecies

  • Butorides atricapilla atricapilla (Africa south of the Sahara)
  • Butorides atricapilla brevipes ()
  • Butorides atricapilla crawfordi ()
  • Butorides atricapilla rhizophorae ()
  • Butorides atricapilla rutenbergi ()
  • Butorides atricapilla degens ()
  • Butorides atricapilla albolimbata ()
  • Butorides atricapilla amurensis ()
  • Butorides atricapilla actophila ()
  • Butorides atricapilla javanica ()
  • Butorides atricapilla spodiogaster ()
  • Butorides atricapilla steini ()
  • Butorides atricapilla moluccarum ()
  • Butorides atricapilla papuensis ()
  • Butorides atricapilla idenburgi ()
  • Butorides atricapilla flyensis ()
  • Butorides atricapilla stagnatilis ()
  • Butorides atricapilla macrorhyncha ()
  • Butorides atricapilla solomonensis ()
  • Butorides atricapilla patruelis ()

Foreign names

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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Héron des mangroves

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