Green Heron Butorides virescens Scientific name definitions
- Names (43)
- Subspecies (4)
William E. Davis Jr. and James A. Kushlan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1994
Text last updated January 1, 1994
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Зеленогърба чапла |
| Catalan | martinet verd |
| Chinese (SIM) | 美洲绿鹭 |
| Croatian | zeleni gak |
| Czech | volavka zelenavá |
| Danish | Krabbehejre |
| Dutch | Groene Reiger |
| English | Green Heron |
| English (United States) | Green Heron |
| Finnish | amerikankyyryhaikara |
| French | Héron vert |
| French (France) | Héron vert |
| German | Grünreiher |
| Greek | Πρασινοτσικνιάς |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Krabye vèt |
| Hebrew | אנפית ירוקה |
| Hungarian | Zöld gém |
| Icelandic | Grænhegri |
| Italian | Airone verde |
| Japanese | アメリカササゴイ |
| Lithuanian | Žalsvasis naktikovis |
| Norwegian | grønnrygghegre |
| Polish | czapla zielona |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Socó-mirim |
| Romanian | Stârc verzui |
| Russian | Зеленоспинная цапля |
| Serbian | Američka zelena čaplja |
| Slovak | čaplička zelenkavá |
| Slovenian | Ameriška zelena čaplja |
| Spanish | Garcilla Verde |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garcilla Verde |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Aguaitacaimán |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Crá-Crá |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garcilla Verde |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Garza Verde |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Garcita Verde |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garza Verde |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Martinete |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garcilla verde |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Chicuaco Cuello Rojo |
| Swedish | grönryggig häger |
| Turkish | Yeşil Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чапля зелена |
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Ardea virescens
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.144.
TYPE LOCALITY:
America; restricted to coast of South Carolina by Oberholser, 1912, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, pp. 534, 537.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BUTORIDES
- virescens
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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