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 Shenandoah National Park
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
📅 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 Shenandoah National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Green Heron sighting in Shenandoah National Park, based on 1048 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Green Heron in Shenandoah National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Green Heron in Shenandoah National Park in our monthly data.