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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Birds
  5. Pelicans, Herons, Ibises, and Allies
  6. Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
  7. Typical Herons and Egrets
  8. Green-backed Herons

genus

Green-backed Herons

Butorides

Includes
1 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Green Heron native
  • Little Heron
  • Striated Heron present
  • Lava Heron

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native green-backed herons All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Green Heron Butorides virescens 136,199 observations

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