
The green heron is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the striated heron, and together they were called "green-backed heron". Birds of the nominate subspecies are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe; individuals from the Pacific coast of North America may similarly stray as far as Hawaii.
Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
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Uploaded Feb 18, 2013. Captured Feb 4, 2013 11:50.