Green Heron
Butorides virescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyArdeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
- GenusButorides (Green-backed Herons)
- SpeciesButorides virescens (Green Heron)
The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling", and virescens is Latin for "greenish". It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the striated heron (Butorides striata); when treated together, they were called "green-backed heron". Wikipedia →
40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Green Heron sighting in Lago de Yojoa, based on 252 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Lago de Yojoa
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Pinnated Bittern
Botaurus pinnatus
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
📅 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 Green Heron in Lago de Yojoa?
About 42% of wildlife watchers report a Green Heron sighting in Lago de Yojoa, based on 252 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Green Heron in Lago de Yojoa?
September has the highest sighting rate for Green Heron in Lago de Yojoa in our monthly data.