Green Heron
Name in Spanish: Martinete
Scientific name: Butorides virescens
Taxonomic Family: Ardeidae
Scientific name: Butorides virescens
Taxonomic Family: Ardeidae
Description
Conservation status
Least Concern
Status in Puerto Rico
Nester
Abundance
Common
Photos by the members of AvesPR
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
BRUSIS CAMUY
© Luis Villanueva (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0)
Martinete en el Jardín Botánico de Río Piedras
© Rene Fuentes
Martinete / Green Heron
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
© Johnny Carrion
Paseo Lineal Estuario Bahia de SJ.
© Yamilet Soto-colom
Luis Negrón, Parque Lineal Enrique Martí Coll
© Alfredo Colón Archilla
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
Vivero de Maricao
© Carmen Maldonado Soto
Toa Baja
© Michelle Cintron-matos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Martinete, Parque de los Niños, Bayamón
10 photos out of 17 in the system (selected at random)
Habitat
Bodies of water.
External resources for this species:
Audio recordings from xeno-canto
Pictures from Encyclopedia of Life:
Location: Cal Poly 'Duck Pond' (Los Angeles County, California, US)
Credit of the picture: Jena Portanova 
Location: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Credit of the picture: Andres Hernandez 
Location: Cottonwood (Shasta County, California, US)
Credit of the picture: Jim Adams
Location: Cal Poly 'Duck Pond' (Los Angeles County, California, US)
Credit of the picture: Jena Portanova
Location: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Credit of the picture: Flickr
Credit of the picture: Flickr
Credit of the picture: inaturalist 
