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Species profile—Butorides striata (striated heron)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns) → Butorides striata (striated heron)

Photo of Butorides striata (striated heron) - Jones, K.,Ken Jones,2014
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
Scientific name
Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name
striated heron
WildNet taxon ID
1839
Synonym(s)
Butorides striatus
Alternate name(s)
mangrove heron
mangrove bittern
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine & Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1839

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
23 October 2019
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