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 →
Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Indian Pond Heron
Ardeola grayii
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
intermediate egret
Egretta intermedia
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
Malayan Night Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Grey Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Striated Heron at Sinharaja Forest Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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