Birds of Rosewood Nature Study Area

A guide to the birds that inhabit Rosewood Nature Study Area in Reno, NV.

Green Heron

The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling", and virescens is Latin for "greenish".

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