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Green Heron
Butorides virescens
30 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Striated HeronButorides striata
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 93,031 |
|---|---|
| Washington | 24,705 |
| New Hampshire | 20,929 |
| Texas | 16,605 |
| Maine | 14,493 |
| California | 13,093 |
| New Mexico | 11,765 |
| Mexico | 11,541 |
| Canada | 6,718 |
| British Columbia | 6,441 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Fish eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fish.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Pelicans, Herons, and Allies · Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae |
| Genus | Green-backed Herons · Butorides |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Canton, Ohio, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Green Heron with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.