page_title: List of birds of Guatemala
section_title: Herons, egrets, and bitterns
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Guatemala / Herons, egrets, and bitterns
caption_attribution_description: Butorides virescens English: Green heron
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guatemala. The avifauna of Guatemala included a total of 768 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 114 are rare or accidental and five have been introduced by humans. One species was endemic and two non-endemic species have been extirpated. One species has been added as a result of a split.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Guatemala as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Guatemala
  Endemic - a species endemic to Guatemala
context_section_description: Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae
  The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.
  Pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus
  American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus (A)
  Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
  Rufescent tiger-heron, Tigrisoma lineatum (A)
  Bare-throated tiger-heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum
  Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
  Great egret, Ardea alba
  Snowy egret, Egretta thula
  Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea
  Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor
  Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens (Near-threatened)
  Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
  Green heron, Butorides virescens
  Agami heron, Agamia agami (Vulnerable)
  Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
  Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea
  Boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
caption: Green heron
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