Hayes, F. E., and B. D. Hayes. 2006. First record of Striated Heron (Butorides striata) for the Greater
Antilles in St. John, United States Virgin Islands. North American Birds 60:472-473.
Abstract.--An adult Striated Heron (Butorides striata) was found and photographed at Concordia, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, on 25 May and was last seen on 29 May 2003. Its neck color was compared in the field with a color print of Payne�s voucher specimens used as a hybrid index, and scored as 2 on a scale of 1-9, well within the range of variation for Striated Heron (1-4) and beyond the range of variation for Green Heron (B. virescens; 5-9). This record represents the first for the Virgin Islands and Greater Antilles, only the second for the West Indies, and the northernmost for the species. |
