Little Heron at Cranbrook, QLD
Identification history
| Butorides atricapilla | 25 Sep 2021 | natureguy | ||
| Ixobrychus flavicollis | 14 Sep 2021 | TerryS |
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User's notes
A Striated Heron sitting on a stump.
1 comment
natureguy
wrote:
25 Sep 2021
This one is an immature Striated Heron. The lack of a large yellow stripe down the side of the neck, combined with more streaking on the chest (with more white) and the motley pattern on the wings (rather than scalloping on an immature Bittern), indicates this. The posture is also much smaller and less hunch-necked than a Bittern, and the yellow-green legs are more suited to Striated Heron.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.754632-19.312540
- Places Cranbrook, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 15 Jan 2020 10:26 AM Recorded on
- TerryS Recorded by
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Collections
TerryS NatureMapr Butorides striata Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds
Species information
- Butorides atricapilla Scientific name
- Little Heron Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 72.69m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Butorides striata
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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