Green Heron

Butorides Virescens

Order

CICONIIFORMES

Family

Bitterns, Herons and Egrets (Ardeidae)

Code 4

GRHE

Code 6

BUTVIR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Pale gray upon hatching, then gray-white, to greenish, to yellow-white, becoming yellow to yellow-orange at maturity.
Head Pattern: Capped, Eyering, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Green-black
Forehead Color: Green-black
Nape Color: Green-black
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 46-56 cm (18-22 in)
Weight: 213 g (7.5 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: Gray, Rufous or Rust, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Red-brown and blue-gray with green wash.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with slow steady arched wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 66 cm (26 in)
Wing Shape: Broad-Wings, Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Blue-gray with green wash.
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Orange

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