Lava Heron
Butorides sundevalli(Reichenow, A, 1877)
English (US) Lava Heron
The Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: coasts and mangroves of Galapagos IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Butorides sundevalli
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Lava Heron
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1877)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea Sundevalli
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1877)
- Type locality
- Galapagos Islands.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 25, no.139 p.253
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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