Striated heron / Green heron / Green-backed heron

Adult Striated heron at Burgers' Zoo, the Netherlands. © Jan Harteman

Butorides striatus (striata)
Dutch: Mangrove reiger / Groene reiger
French: Héron strié
South African: Groenrugreier

Adult. © Jan Harteman

Adult in winter plumage. © Rick van der Weijde

Juvenile heron. © Jan Harteman

© Jan Harteman / Harteman Wildfowl / www.harteman.nl