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 Canaima National Park
Rufescent Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Fasciated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma fasciatum
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Capped Heron
Pilherodius pileatus
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Agami Heron
Agamia agami
Buff-necked Ibis
Theristicus caudatus
Green Ibis
Mesembrinibis cayennensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Striated Heron at Canaima National Park — 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