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
© Rene Fuentes
Martinete / Green Heron
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
LAGUNA CARTAGENA
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Isla de Roca Barceloneta
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
Visto en el Vivero de Maricao
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
BRUSIS CAMUY
© Nydia Arroyo (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Tomada en Río Grande 6/6/2014
© Yamilet Soto-colom
Luis Negrón, Parque Lineal Enrique Martí Coll
© Carmen Maldonado Soto
Toa Baja
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
Pollo con Cresta Mangle de Boqueron
© Johnny Carrion
Paseo Lineal Estuario Bahia de SJ.
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: Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi 
Credit of the picture: Flickr
Credit of the picture: inaturalist 
Credit of the picture: Flickr 
Credit of the picture: Cyric
Credit of the picture: Andres Hernandez 
Credit of the picture: Picasa
Credit of the picture: inaturalist
Location: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Location: Cal Poly 'Duck Pond' (Los Angeles County, California, US)
Credit of the picture: Jena Portanova
