Australasian Striated Heron

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Robert S

Robert S

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Four photos taken on Buffalo Creek.

Striated Heron Darwin July 2024 PP1-1498 resize.jpg
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Heron Darwin July 2024 PP1-0178 resize.jpg
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Heron Darwin July 2024 PP1-0184 resize.jpg
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Both are Striated Herons. ssp stagnatilis. Least that's my best guess.
 
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MrFotoFool said:
Nice. Looks remarkably similar to the green heron I see at my local (Arizona) wetlands.
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Thanks for the reply.



Found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striated_heron

It says:
"his bird was long considered to be conspecific with the closely related North American species, the green heron, which is now usually separated as Butorides virescens, as well as the lava heron of the Galápagos Islands (now Butorides sundevalli, but often included in Butorides striata, e.g. by BirdLife International[8]); collectively they were called "green-backed herons"."
 
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