Green Heron

Illustrated: Adult; compact heron with tucked chestnut neck and breast, deep green cap/back, dark grey wings, dark dagger bill with paler lower base, yellow-green legs.

Butorides virescens

All languages

English: Green Heron
Norwegian: grønnrygghegre
Japanese: アメリカササゴイ — あめりかささごい — amerikasasagoi
Korean: 아메리카검은댕기해오라기 — amerikageomeundaenggihaeoragi
Spanish: Garcita Verde
French: Héron vert
German: Grünreiher

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

iNaturalist — draft common-name source
Cornell Lab — identification guide