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Green Heron

Butorides virescens

224Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr14
May18
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep63
Oct58
Nov70
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Lincolnshire England65
2Kent England55
3Isle of Anglesey Wales42
4Pembrokeshire Wales32
5Cornwall England30
150 England74 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
224
Peak month
November
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Butorides virescens
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
North Lincolnshire, Kent
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Butorides
Name with authority
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q498228 · GBIF 9539567