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 Parque Natural Metropolitano
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Rufescent Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Agami Heron
Agamia agami
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
📅 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 Parque Natural Metropolitano?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Green Heron sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Green Heron in Parque Natural Metropolitano?
October has the highest sighting rate for Green Heron in Parque Natural Metropolitano in our monthly data.