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The Striated Heron is a small heron species found in warm regions around the world, known for its compact size and the streaked markings on its plumage. It inhabits wetland areas like marshes and mangrove swamps where it hunts for fish and other small aquatic prey, making it an important part of these ecosystem food webs.
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Species
Least Concerngreen heron
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCiconiiformes
- FamilyArdeidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Butorides striatus ササゴイ（笹五位、Butorides striatus）は、ペリカン目サギ科ササゴイ属に分類される鳥類。本種のみでササゴイ属を構成する。
via IUCN
Article
The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits. The breeding habitat is in South America and the Caribbean. The striated heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the little heron that is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia.
Taxonomy