Deep Forest Canopy
Species Radar
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Little Heron

Butorides atricapilla

The little heron is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and frequents both fresh and salt water habitats. It is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia. The little heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the striated heron.

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