Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Green Heron

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Bird

✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

Genus: Butorides

Species: Butorides virescens

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native (Breeding)

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Butorides virescens