WoRMS taxon details
Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 212661
AphiaID: 212661
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Ciconiiformes (Order) > Ardeidae (Family) > Butorides (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Butorides Blyth, 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ardea striatus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Butorides striata brevipes (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To IUCN Red List To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Length: 40-41 cm. Plumage: general colour blackish green; grey below; throat white; buff to chestnut line down foreneck; erectile feathers on crown. Immature dark brown spotted white above, buff and dark brown streaking below. Bare parts: iris yellow, deep orange when breeding; lores green to blue, yellow when breeding; bill black above, yellow green below with black tip, entirely black when breeding; feet and legs grey brown in front, yellow behind, yellow to reddish orange when breeding. Habitat: mangrove swamps and creeks, inland waters. <388><393><391> [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212661 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212661 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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