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Butorides virescens
Green Heron
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Pelecaniformes, Family Ardeidae, Genus Butorides, Species Butorides virescens


Seasonality Tags:
Resident


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NY: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Assateague Island National Seashore
Baltimore-Washington National Parkway	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Bluestone National Scenic River	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Capitol Reef National Park
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument	Catoctin Mountain Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	El Malpais National Monument
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Joshua Tree National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Monocacy National Battlefield	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks
National Capital Parks-East	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
North Cascades National Park	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Olympic National Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Petersburg National Battlefield
Petrified Forest National Park	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tuzigoot National Monument
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	White Sands National Park
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	6/13/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 4:14:27 PM

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