Striated Heron Butorides striata (Linnaeus) Ardea striata Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. 10th Ed., p. 144: Surinam. Subspecies: Butorides striata sundevalli (Reichenow) 1877: Galapagos Archipelago; Butorides striata atricapilla (Afzelius)1804: Sierra Leone; Butorides striata rutenbergi (Hartlaud)1880: Mohambo, northern Madagascar; Butorides striata brevipes (Ehrenberg) 1833: banks of Nile and coasts of the Red Sea; Butorides striata crawfordi (Nicoll) … Continue reading Striated Heron