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Butorides is a
genus of
small herons. It
contains three similar species, the
green heron or green-backed heron,
Butorides virescens, the lava
heron (Butorides...
- The
green heron (
Butorides virescens) is a
small heron of
North and
Central America.
Butorides is from
Middle English butor "bittern" and
Ancient Gr****...
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separated as
Butorides virescens, as well as the lava
heron of the Galápagos
Islands (now
Butorides sundevalli, but
often included in
Butorides striata, e...
- The lava
heron (
Butorides sundevalli), also
known as the Galápagos heron, is a
species of
heron endemic to the Galápagos
Islands of Ecuador. It is considered...
- †N. mauriti****
Binomial name †Nycticorax mauriti**** (Newton & Gadow, 1893)
Location of
Mauritius Synonyms Butorides mauriti****
Newton & Gadow, 1893...
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describes the use of ****epoke for the
small green heron of
North America (
Butorides virescens) as
originating in the
United States,
citing a
published example...
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Bubulcus Mesophoyx Cladistically included but
traditionally excluded taxa
Nycticorax Nyctan****a
Gorsachius Butorides Agamia Pilherodius Ardeola Syrigma...
- Oroan****a †Proardeola
Agamiinae Agamia Ardeinae Ardea Ardeola Bubulcus Butorides Egretta Gorsachius Nycticorax Nyctan****a
Pilherodius †Proardea Syrigma...
- An
Butorides striata in the Maldives...
- make up a
single species Butorides striata, but are now
treated as
three largely allopatric species:
Striated heron,
Butorides striata –
Widespread throughout...
