Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758); Butorides striatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Wiedenfeld says: "Although this has at times been recognized as a separate species (“Lava Heron”), as pointed out by Payne (1974) the species limits are not clear and the Galapagos populations show no reliable species-level distinctions from continental B. striatus by plumage or morphology. Harris (1973) mentioned that in Galapagos are found birds breeding that resemble continental versions of B. striatus as well as many intergrades between those forms and Lava Heron. Further study is necessary to clarify the relationship of this subspecies and other members of the species" (Wiedenfeld 2006).

Taxon origin: Endemic

• Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
• Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Milstead, B., Márquez, C., Zabala, J., Buitrón, P., Llerena, A., et al. (2007) Galapagos vertebrates: endangered status and conservation actions. Galapagos Report 2006–2007. Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, p. 104–110.
• Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
• Sundevall, C.J. (1871) On birds from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 124-129.
• Swarth, H.S. (1931) The Avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 18: 1-299.
• Amadon, D. (1965) Notes on the Galapagos hawk. L'Oiseau Revue Française Ornithologie 35 (Spécial).
• Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.

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