Galapagos Species Database
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Butorides virescens
Garcilla verde, Green heron
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Butorides
Species
virescens
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Vargas (1996) reported seeing and photographing one on 28 March 1996 at the lake “Pozo de Claudio Cruz” at 400 m elevation on Floreana.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Vargas, F.H. (1996) First record of the Green Heron (Butorides virescens) in the Galapagos Islands. Noticias de Galápagos 57: 5-6.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Butorides virescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5041. Accessed 31 October 2026.