Green heron / Grünreiher (Butorides virescens)

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Green heron. 2023-04-16 08:37:04 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Classification: Genus Green-backed herons (Butorides); Family Herons (Ardeidae)
This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America.
General: The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling", and virescens is Latin for "greenish".[2] [more]

First documented observation: 2023-04-16 in Yucatan. Most recent observation: 2023-04-16 in Yucatan.

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Green heron. 2023-04-16 08:38:02 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Vacation in the Yucatan peninsula.