ME: botor=bittern + Gr.: -ides=resembling
and L.: virescens=greenish (from virescere=to become green)
World Distribution:
BREEDS: North & Central America, West Indies, WINTERS: w,s US south to n South America
Habitat:
Marshes, ponds, lakes and mangrove
Diet:
Aquatic animals while stalking along water's edge, occasionally during day
TitBit:
One of the few tool-using birds, it commonly drops bait (such as bread crusts, insects, twigs, or feathers) onto the surface of the water and grabs the small fish that are attracted.
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Cornwall, 1889
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
3
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Lothian
(1987),
North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1982),
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
Lincolnshire
(2001),
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Cornwall
(1889),
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Green-backed Heron
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Krabbehejre
Dutch:
Groene Reiger
Finnish:
French:
Héron vert
German:
Grünreiher
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish:
Italian:
Airone verde
Norwegian:
Grønnrygghegre
Polish:
Czapla zielona
Portuguese:
Spanish:
Garcita verde
Swedish:
Lotushäger
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Kushlan, J.A. & Hancock, J. 2005 The Herons Oxford University Press
[598.461 KUS]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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