Green Heron

SCI Name:  Butorides virescens
Protonym:  Ardea virescens Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.144
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Butorides
Taxonomy Code:  grnher
Type Locality:  America; restricted to coast of South Carolina by Oberholser, 1912, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, pp. 534, 537.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

BUTORIDES
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Green-backed Heron B. striata javanica) Genus Butor Swainson, 1827, bittern; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling; "Subgenus BUTORIDES, Blyth.  1644. B. JAVANICA.  SYN. Ardea javanica, Horsfield.  Kancha Bagla, H[indi].; Kuno Bag, B[engali].; Puchong, Malay; Upi upian, Jav." (Blyth 1852); "Butorides Blyth, Cat. Bds. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, (1852), p. 281. Type, by monotypy, Ardea javanica Horsfield." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 102).
Var. Butoroides.
Synon. Ocniscus, Toburides.

virescens
L. virescens, virescentis  greenish  < virescere  to become green  < virere  to be green.
● ex “Agile Parrot” of Latham 1781, and “Petit Perroquet verd” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Amazona agilis).
● ex “Psittaca cayenensis” of Brisson 17690, “Petite perruche verte de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 359, “Perruche à ailes variées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Yellow-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Brotogeris versicolurus).
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  virescens.  15. A. occipite subcristato, dorso viridi, pectore rufescente.  Ardea stellaris minor. Sloan. jam. 3. p. 315. t. 263. Raj. av. 189. n. 2. Catesb. car. 1. p. 80. t. 80.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (subsp. Butorides striata).
● ex Muscicapa querula A. Wilson, 1810 (Empidonax).
● ex “Tordo Dragon” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 65 (Pseudoleistes).

SUBSPECIES

Green Heron (virescens/bahamensis)
SCI Name: Butorides virescens virescens/bahamensis
BUTORIDES
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Green-backed Heron B. striata javanica) Genus Butor Swainson, 1827, bittern; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling; "Subgenus BUTORIDES, Blyth.  1644. B. JAVANICA.  SYN. Ardea javanica, Horsfield.  Kancha Bagla, H[indi].; Kuno Bag, B[engali].; Puchong, Malay; Upi upian, Jav." (Blyth 1852); "Butorides Blyth, Cat. Bds. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, (1852), p. 281. Type, by monotypy, Ardea javanica Horsfield." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 102).
Var. Butoroides.
Synon. Ocniscus, Toburides.

Green Heron (anthonyi)
SCI Name: Butorides virescens anthonyi
anthonyi
● Alfred Webster Anthony (1865-1939) US mining engineer, ornithologist, collector (subsp. Butorides striata, subsp. Cinclus mexicanus, Dicaeum, subsp. Lanius ludovicianus, syn. Thryomanes bewickii leucophrys).
● Dr Harold Elmer Anthony (1890-1970) US zoologist, collector, Associate Curator of Mammals at AMNH (syn. Icterus pectoralis, Nyctidromus, ‡Scolopax, syn. Zentrygon albifacies).

Green Heron (frazari)
SCI Name: Butorides virescens frazari
frazari
Marston Abbott Frazar (1860-1925) US taxidermist, field ornithologist (subsp. Butorides striata, syn. Contopus hispaniolensis, subsp. Haematopus palliatus, syn. Tringa melanoleuca).