Striated Heron
Butorides striata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyArdeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
- GenusButorides (Green-backed Herons)
- SpeciesButorides striata (Striated Heron)
The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits. The breeding habitat is in South America and the Caribbean. The striated heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the little heron that is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Striated Heron sighting in Iguaçu National Park, based on 127 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Iguaçu National Park
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Rufescent Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Fasciated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma fasciatum
Whistling Heron
Syrigma sibilatrix
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Capped Heron
Pilherodius pileatus
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
Green Ibis
Mesembrinibis cayennensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Striated Heron in Iguaçu National Park?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Striated Heron sighting in Iguaçu National Park, based on 127 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Striated Heron in Iguaçu National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Striated Heron in Iguaçu National Park in our monthly data.