Green Heron / Butorides virescens NE
- Synonyms Chucklehead, Little green Heron, Poke
- Old latin name for bird Ardeola virescens, Ardea virescens
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Where to see Green Heron
- Breeding region Middle America, North America
- Breeding subregion e, c USA to Panama
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- France
- French Guiana
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jersey
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Spain
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Green Heron subspecies (4)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butorides virescens anthonyi | w USA and n Baja California (Mexico) | - | No |
| Butorides virescens bahamensis | Bahamas | - | No |
| Butorides virescens frazari | s Baja California (Mexico) | - | No |
| Butorides virescens virescens | c, e USA and e Canada to Panama and the Caribbean | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Groenreier |
| Albanian | Çapka e gjelbër |
| Azerbaijani | Amerika yaşıl qarıldağı |
| Basque | Lertxuntxo berde |
| Belarusian | Зялёная чапля |
| Bengali | ফুজ ফক |
| Breton | Kerc'heiz c'hlas |
| Bulgarian | Зелена мангрова чапла, Зеленогърба чапла |
| Catalan | Martinet verd |
| Chinese | 南美绿鹭, 美洲绿鹭 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小綠鷺 |
| Croatian | Američka zelena čaplja, zeleni gak |
| Czech | volavka zelenavá, volovka zelenavá |
| Danish | Krabbehejre |
| Dutch | Groene Reiger, Kleine Groene Reiger |
| Esperanto | Verda ardeo |
| Estonian | punakael-väikehaigur |
| Finnish | amerikankyyryhaikara |
| French | Héron vert, Kayali vert, Héron strié |
| Frisian | Griene reager |
| Galician | Socociño esverdeado |
| German | Nordamerikanischer Mangrovereiher, Grünreiher |
| Greek | Πρασινοτσικνιάς, Πρασιvoτσικvιάς |
| Hebrew | אנפית ירוקה |
| Hungarian | zöld gém |
| Icelandic | Grænhegri |
| Irish | Corr ghlas |
| Italian | Airone verde |
| Japanese | アメリカササゴイ |
| Latvian | zaļais gārnis |
| Lithuanian | žalsvasis naktikovis, Žalsvasis garnys, Žaliasis garnys, Žalsvasis naktikovas |
| Luxembourgish | Grengreeër |
| Manx | Coar ghlass |
| Northern Sami | Ruonásealháigir, Ruonasealháigir |
| Norwegian | grønnrygghegre |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Grønrygghegre |
| Polish | czapla zielona |
| Portuguese | Socó-mirím, garçote-verde, socó-mirim |
| Romanian | Stârc verde |
| Russian | Кваква зеленоспинная, Зеленоспинная цапля, Зеленоспинная кваква, Кваква Зеленая, Американская зелёная кваква |
| Serbian | Američka zelena čaplja, Zelena čaplja |
| Slovak | caplicka zelenkavá, čaplička zelenkavá |
| Slovenian | ameriška zelena čaplja |
| Spanish | Garcita verdosau, Garcilla Verde, Garcita Verde, Garcita Verdosa, Garcita verde o ajoquillo, Valet de caïman, Garza Verde, Aguaitacaimán, Garceta Verde, Martinete, Crá-Crá |
| Swedish | grönryggig häger, Lotushäger, Grönryggad häger |
| Turkish | Yeşil Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | чапля зелена |
| Welsh | Crëyr gwyrdd |