Striated Heron

SCI Name:  Butorides striata
Protonym:  Ardea striata Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.144
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Butorides
Taxonomy Code:  strher
Type Locality:  Surinam.
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.

striata
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow (see also striatus).
● ex “Blue-striped Roller” of Latham 1781 (Aplonis).
● “Tringa striata Linn., 1766, used in the former edition of the List, has been shown to refer to the Redshank and not to the Purple Sandpiper” (BOU 1915) (syn. Calidris maritima).
● ex “Choucas de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 629, and “New-Guinea Crow” of Latham 1781 (Coracina).
● ex “Promérops de la nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 638, and “Promérops brun à ventre rayé” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Epimachus fastuosus).
● ex “Transverse Striped Dove” or “Barred Dove” of Edwards 1751, and “Turtur Sinensis striatus” and “Turtur Indicus striatus” of Brisson 1760 (Geopelia).
● ex “Rasle rayé des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Lewinia).
● ex “Gros-bec de l’Île de Bourbon” of Brisson 1760 (Lonchura).
● (Statius Müller 1776) ex “Pic rayé de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 281 (Melanerpes).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Picus dominicensis striatus” of Brisson 1760, and “Pic rayé de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 281 (syn. Melanerpes striatus).
● (J. Gmelin 1788) ex “Picus dominicensis striatus” of Brisson 1760, “Pic rayé de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 281, and “Rayed Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes striatus).
● ex “Onglet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Furrow-clawed Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pipraeidea bonariensis).
● ex “Traquet à Queue Striée” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 188, fig. 1 (syn. Saxicoloides fulicatus).
● ex "Blackpoll Warbler" of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Setophaga striata).
● ex “Striated Tern” of Latham 1785 (Sterna).
● ex “Totanus striatus” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tringa totanus).
● ex “Striped-headed Finch” of Latham 1783, and “Striped Finch” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Zonotrichia albicollis).

SUBSPECIES

Striated Heron (South American)
SCI Name: Butorides striata striata
striata
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow (see also striatus).
● ex “Blue-striped Roller” of Latham 1781 (Aplonis).
● “Tringa striata Linn., 1766, used in the former edition of the List, has been shown to refer to the Redshank and not to the Purple Sandpiper” (BOU 1915) (syn. Calidris maritima).
● ex “Choucas de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 629, and “New-Guinea Crow” of Latham 1781 (Coracina).
● ex “Promérops de la nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 638, and “Promérops brun à ventre rayé” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Epimachus fastuosus).
● ex “Transverse Striped Dove” or “Barred Dove” of Edwards 1751, and “Turtur Sinensis striatus” and “Turtur Indicus striatus” of Brisson 1760 (Geopelia).
● ex “Rasle rayé des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Lewinia).
● ex “Gros-bec de l’Île de Bourbon” of Brisson 1760 (Lonchura).
● (Statius Müller 1776) ex “Pic rayé de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 281 (Melanerpes).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Picus dominicensis striatus” of Brisson 1760, and “Pic rayé de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 281 (syn. Melanerpes striatus).
● (J. Gmelin 1788) ex “Picus dominicensis striatus” of Brisson 1760, “Pic rayé de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 281, and “Rayed Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes striatus).
● ex “Onglet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Furrow-clawed Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pipraeidea bonariensis).
● ex “Traquet à Queue Striée” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 188, fig. 1 (syn. Saxicoloides fulicatus).
● ex "Blackpoll Warbler" of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Setophaga striata).
● ex “Striated Tern” of Latham 1785 (Sterna).
● ex “Totanus striatus” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tringa totanus).
● ex “Striped-headed Finch” of Latham 1783, and “Striped Finch” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Zonotrichia albicollis).

Striated Heron (Galapagos)
SCI Name: Butorides striata sundevalli
sundevalli
Carl Jacob Sundevall (1801-1875) Swedish ornithologist, systematist (syn. Anthoscopus minutus, subsp. Butorides striata (ex Ardea plumbea Sundevall, 1870), syn. Camaroptera brachyura, syn. Camaroptera brevicaudata, syn. Coereba flaveola bartholemica, syn. Ducula pacifica, syn. Euplectes orix, subsp. Zosterops pallidus).

Striated Heron (Old World)
SCI Name: Butorides striata [atricapilla Group]
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.