Green Heron
Butorides virescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyArdeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
- GenusButorides (Green-backed Herons)
- SpeciesButorides virescens (Green Heron)
Closest Relatives at Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Green Heron in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Green Heron sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Green Heron in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Green Heron in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park in our monthly data.