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Mystery bird: Striated heron, Butorides striata | GrrlScientist
Even though it’s not migratory, this Malaysian mystery bird species pops up in tropical wetlands around the worldStriated heron, Butorides striata (synonym, Butorides striatus; protonym, Ardea striata), Linnaeus, 1758, also known as the mangrove heron or mangrove bittern, as the little mangrove heron, the little heron, as the eastern green heron, the little green heron or as the green-backed heron, or as Anthony’s green heron or as Frazar’s green heron, or, colloquially, as the fly-up-the-creek, as the Shite-poke, shitpoke, or simply as the poke, photographed at Mabul island, south-eastern coast of Sabah (Malaysia). Image: Konstans Wells, 28 December 2011 (with permission) [velociraptorize].