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Green Heron - Butorides virescens
safariranger

Green Heron - Butorides virescens (Butorides virescens)

At first glance these guys look similar to our Green-backed Heron, and for a long time they were considered to be conspecific with the Green-backed Heron, but the much darker chest is definitely a distinguishing feature of this species.
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Location
Tarcoles, Costa Rica
Scientific name
Butorides virescens
Equipment used
Canon 5D III and 300 f2.8 IS II lens
Stanley Jones
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Great capture of this lovely Green Heron. I think you got a label confused, brilliant picture!!!!!
 
safariranger
Thank you for the heads up on the details. For some reason all three my photos got the same info. Not sure what went wrong there.
 

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Central & South America & Mexico
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