The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling", and virescens is Latin for "greenish".
Taxonomy:genus | Butorides |
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Taxonomy:subfamily | Ardeinae |
Taxonomy:family | Ardeidae |
Taxonomy:order | Pelecaniformes |
Taxonomy:class | Aves |