Seen up close, it is a striking bird with a velvet-green back, rich chestnut body, and a dark cap often raised into a short crest. The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall.Striated herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. This small heron is solitary at most seasons and often somewhat secretive, living around small bodies of water or densely vegetated areas. From a distance, the Green Heron is a dark, stocky bird hunched on slender yellow legs at the water’s edge, often hidden behind a tangle of leaves. Seen in the open, it often flicks its tail nervously, raises and lowers its crest. Along quiet streams or shaded riverbanks, a lone Green Heron may flush ahead of the observer, crying "kyow" as it flies up the creek. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the striated heron (Butorides striata), and together they were called "green-backed heron". Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia, and in South America. HeronConservation is the world's leading body of scientific, practical, and conservation expertise on the biology, status and conservation of the herons (Ardeidae) of the world. These small herons crouch patiently to surprise fish with a snatch of their daggerlike bill. The Heron Specialist Group, HeronConservation, is an independent network of biologists, conservationists, and others engaged in research and conservation of herons. IUCN SSC Heron Specialist Group Co-Chairs: James A. Kushlan and Clay Green The IUCN SSC Heron Specialist Group, HeronConservation, is an independent network of biologists, conservationists, and others engaged in research and conservation of herons

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