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...
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Green heron (redirect from Butorides virescens)
The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek...
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Striated heron (redirect from Butorides striatus)
separated as Butorides virescens, as well as the lava heron of the Galápagos Islands (now Butorides sundevalli, but often included in Butorides striata, e...
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Lava heron (redirect from Butorides sundevalli)
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...
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Mauritius night heron (redirect from Butorides mauritianus)
†N. mauritianus Binomial name †Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton & Gadow, 1893) Location of Mauritius Synonyms Butorides mauritianus Newton & Gadow, 1893...
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describes the use of shitepoke for the small green heron of North America (Butorides virescens) as originating in the United States, citing a published example...
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Green-backed heron (category Butorides)
make up a single species Butorides striata, but are now treated as three largely allopatric species: Striated heron, Butorides striata – Widespread throughout...
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Oroanassa †Proardeola Agamiinae Agamia Ardeinae Ardea Ardeola Bubulcus Butorides Egretta Gorsachius Nycticorax Nyctanassa Pilherodius †Proardea Syrigma...
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Bubulcus Mesophoyx Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa Nycticorax Nyctanassa Gorsachius Butorides Agamia Pilherodius Ardeola Syrigma...
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