Butorides striata
The legs are short and yellow. The body is predominantly grey, darker in the back. The top of the head is black. The immature is striated and brownish.
Not Threatened.
The legs are short and yellow. The body is predominantly grey, darker in the back. The top of the head is black. The immature is striated and brownish.
36 cm
Taxonomy:
- Ardea striata Linnaeus, 1758, Surinam. Sometimes placed in genus Ardeola. Races virescens and sundevalli often raised to full species; form patens of C Panama intermediate between virescens and striatus, might be result of hybridization. Thirty subspecies commonly recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Subspecies and Distribution:
- *anthonyi (Mearns, 1895) - W USA, N Baja California. *frazari (Brewster, 1888) - S Baja California. *virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) - C USA and E Canada to Panama and Caribbean. *bahamensis (Brewster, 1888) - Bahamas. *striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Panama and all S America S to N Chile and N Argentina. *sundevalli (Reichenow, 1877) - Galapagos. *atricapillus (Afzelius, 1804) - Africa S of Sahara and islands in Gulf of Guinea. *rutenbergi (Hartlaub, 1880) - Madagascar. *brevipes (Ehrenberg, 1833) - Red Sea and N Somalia. *crawfordi Nicoll, 1906 - Aldabra and Amirante Is.*rhizophorae Salomonsen, 1934 - Comoros Is. *degens Hartert, 1920 - Seychelles. *albolimbatus Reichenow, 1900 - Diego Garcia, Chagos and Maldive Is. *chloriceps (Bonaparte, 1855) - Indian Subcontinent, Laccadives, Sri Lanka. *javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) - Burma and Thailand S to Greater Sundas; Reunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues. *amurensis (Schrenck, 1860) - Manchuria E to Sakhalin, S to Shantung and Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and Bonin Is. *actophilus Oberholser, 1912 - E China to N Viet Nam and N Burma. *spodiogaster Sharpe, 1894 - Andomans, Nicobars and islands off W Sumatra.*carcinophilus Oberholser, 1924 - Taiwan, Philippines and Sulawesi. *steini Mayr, 1943 - Lesser Sundas. *moluccarum Hartert, 1920 - Moluccas. *papuensis Mayr, 1940 - NW New Guinea and Aru Is. *idenburgi Rand, 1941 - NC New Guinea. *rogersi Mathews, 1911 - NW Western Australia.*cinereus Mayr, 1943 - NE Western Australia. *stagnatilis (Gould, 1848) - NC Australia. *littleri Mathews, 1912 - SC New Guinea, NE Queensland. *macrorhynchus (Gould, 1848) - E Queensland, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is. *solomonensis Mayr, 1940 - Melanesia from New Hanover to W Fiji. *patruelis (Peale, 1848) - Tahiti, Society Is.
Rivers, lakes and mangroves of different sizes.
Aquatic insects, mollusks, amphibians, reptiles and fish.
The nest is a platform on the top of tall trees. Lays three eggs.