General description ⁴

The legs are short and yellow. The body is predominantly grey, darker in the back. The top of the head is black. The immature is striated and brownish.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/16373156567/
2. (c) Dario Sanches from SÃO PAULO, BRASIL, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Butorides_striata-2.jpg/460px-Butorides_striata-2.jpg
3. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JOM-Butorides-striata-00001.jpg
4. (c) Katerina Tvardikova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31846096

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

Range Map

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