Listen to the Striated heron
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About the Striated heron
The Striated heron is a bird in the family Ardeidae (order Pelecaniformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 56 cm.
What does the Striated heron sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
From Wikipedia
The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits. The breeding habitat is in South America and the Caribbean. The striated heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the little heron that is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia.
Related birds in the genus Butorides
More from the family Ardeidae
Grey heron
Ardea cinerea
Great egret
Ardea alba
Black-crowned night heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Eurasian bittern
Botaurus stellaris
Little egret
Egretta garzetta
Purple heron
Ardea purpurea
Little bittern
Botaurus minutus
Indian pond heron
Ardeola grayii
Agami heron
Agamia agami
American bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Black-headed heron
Ardea melanocephala
Frequently asked questions
What does a Striated heron sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Striated heron on this page. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Striated heron endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Striated heron as “least concern”.
What family does the Striated heron belong to?
The Striated heron (Butorides striata) belongs to the family Ardeidae in the order Pelecaniformes.
Sources & credits
- Striated Heron - Butorides striata by Yeo SB – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q270722 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Striated heron – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia – CC BY-SA 2.0