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Butorides virescens
16-22" (41-56 cm). A dark, crow-sized heron. Crown black, back and wings dark gray-green or gray-blue (depending on lighting); neck chestnut colored. Bill dark; legs bright orange. Immatures have streaks on neck, breast, and sides.
Habitat Breeds mainly in freshwater or brackish marshes with clumps of trees. Feeds along margin of any body of water. Range Breeds over a wide region from Canadian border to Gulf of Mexico, west to Great Plains, western Texas, and southwestern New Mexico; in West from Fraser River delta of British Columbia south to California and Arizona. Winters from coastal California south to southern Arizona and Texas, along Gulf Coast, and along Atlantic Coast north to South Carolina.
This photograph was taken in Medellín Botanical Garden
Spotted on Dec 1, 2014
Submitted on Dec 1, 2014
4 Comments
You're welcome!
It almost looks like a black crowned night-heron, but I get that it's a green heron, if it really is leucistic. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Joshua!
Neat bird! It looks leucistic. If you want to complete your spotting, you can add the scientific name: Butorides virescens .