Species factsheet

Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

Order: Butorides striata
Family: Herons, Bitterns (Ardeidae)

Danish name: Mangrovehejre

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Subspecies and Distribution

striata

e Panama to n Argentina, Bolivia and Chile

atricapilla

Africa south of the Sahara

brevipes

Somalia and the Red Sea coasts

rutenbergi

Madagascar, Réunion

rhizophorae

Comoros

crawfordi

Aldabra Is. and Amirante Is.

degens

Seychelles

albolimbata

Chagos Arch. and Maldive Is.

chloriceps

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Laccadive Is.

spodiogaster

Andaman Is., Nicobar Is. and islands off w Sumatra

amurensis

se Siberia, ne China and Japan

actophila

e China to n Burma and n Vietnam

javanica

Burma and Thailand to the Philippines and the Greater and Lesser Sundas

moluccarum

Moluccas

papuensis

nw New Guinea

idenburgi

n, e and se New Guinea

macrorhyncha

e and ne Australia, New Caledonia

stagnatilis

nw and nc Australia

patruelis

Tahiti Is. (Society Is.)

solomonensis

New Hanover to Solomons to Fiji

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