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Striated Heron
Butorides striata · Family Ardeidae
Butorides striata
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 624,332
- Countries and territories with records
- 166
About this species
This species has 624,332 occurrence records from 166 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (12.3%), Brazil (12.2%), Colombia (11.6%), South Africa (7.2%) and India (6.7%); together they account for 50% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.07% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Butorides striata combines the genus name Butorides with the species epithet striata. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Butorides: Butorides virescens.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 44.6% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.