Birds of Nicaragua BETA

    PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns)  
Genus: Butorides (1 species, 3 worldwide)


Green Heron
Green Heron (Butorides virescens virescens)
Panama City, Panama
  The immature Green Heron looks virtually identical to the immature [Striated Heron]. There is some range overlap in northern South America and Panama.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Green Heron
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA
  Note red compared to otherwise similar [Striated Heron].
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Eating a frog.


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