LOCAL NAMES

• Pala Koka, Kadol Koka, පලා කොකා, කඩොල් කොකා, बगळा, ഹെറോൺ, ஹெரான், बगला, కొంగ, হেরন, Héron, બગલો, Reiher, Ερωδιός, بگلا, Héron vert
• Afrikaans Groenrugreier
• Arabic بلشون مخطط
• Bulgarian Ивичеста чапла
• Chinese 綠簑鷺
• Chinese (SIM) 绿鹭
• Croatian zelenoleđi gak
• Czech volavka proměnlivá
• Danish Mangrovehejre
• Dutch Mangrovereiger
• English Striated Heron
• English (India) Striated Heron (Little Heron)
• English (South Africa) Green-backed Heron
• English (United States) Striated Heron
• Finnish kyyryhaikara
• French Héron strié
• French (French Guiana) Héron strié
• German Mangrovereiher
• Greek Γραμμοτσικνιάς
• Hebrew אנפית מנגרובים
• Hungarian Mangrovegém
• Icelandic Krabbahegri
• Indonesian Kokokan laut
• Italian Airone striato
• Japanese ササゴイ
• Korean 댕기해오라기
• Lithuanian Žaliasis naktikovis
• Malayalam ചിന്നക്കൊക്ക്
• Mongolian Ногоон дэглэй
• Norwegian krabbehegre
• Persian حواصیل سبز
• Polish czapla zielonawa
• Portuguese (Angola) Garça-de-dorso-verde
• Portuguese (Brazil) socozinho
• Portuguese (Portugal) Socózinho
• Romanian Stârc de mangrove
• Russian Зелёная цапля
• Serbian Zelena čaplja
• Slovak čaplička mangrovová
• Slovenian Progasta zelena čaplja
• Spanish Garcilla Azulada
• Spanish (Argentina) Garcita Azulada
• Spanish (Chile) Garcita azulada
• Spanish (Costa Rica) Garcilla Cuelligrís
• Spanish (Ecuador) Garcilla Estriada
• Spanish (Panama) Garza Listada
• Spanish (Paraguay) Garcita azulada
• Spanish (Peru) Garcita Estriada
• Spanish (Puerto Rico) Garceta Estriada
• Spanish (Spain) Garcilla azulada
• Spanish (Uruguay) Garcita Azulada
• Spanish (Venezuela) Chicuaco Cuello Gris
• Swedish mangrovehäger
• Thai นกยางเขียว
• Turkish Yeşil Sırtlı Balıkçıl
• Ukrainian Чапля мангрова

DESCRIPTION

Butorides striata, also known as Little Green Heron, mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron. Striated herons are mostly non-migratory. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia, and in South America and the Caribbean. overall gray color separates from most other herons and bitterns. Look for contrasting dark cap, distinct pale edges on wing feathers, and white and rufous stripes on front of neck. Juvenile streakier below than adult. Their sounds, calls are like. Locally named Pala Koka or Kadol Koka.