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  • Little Heron, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Little Heron, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Dave Mangham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) cog2022, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Little Heron, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Ondřej Prosický, all rights reserved

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    (c) fotis-samaritakis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Dipika n Bhupesh Kurade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Little Heron

Butorides atricapilla

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About

The little heron (Butorides atricapilla) 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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