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Butorides atricapilla  (Afzelius, 1804)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1254910

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ardea atricapilla Afzelius, 1804
  
  Common Name(s): Little Heron [English]
  
    Héron des mangroves [French]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPelecaniformes  – Pelicans, pélicans, Ibises, ibis, Herons, hérons  
                            FamilyArdeidae Leach, 1820 – Bitterns, Egrets, Herons  
                               GenusButorides Blyth, 1852 – Green-backed Herons  
                                  SpeciesButorides atricapilla (Afzelius, 1804) – Little Heron, Héron des mangroves  
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                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla actophila Oberholser, 1912  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla albolimbata Reichenow, 1900  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla amurensis (Schrenck, 1860)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla atricapilla (Afzelius, 1804)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla brevipes (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla crawfordi Nicoll, 1906  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla degens E. J. O. Hartert, 1920  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla flyensis Salomonsen, 1966  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla idenburgi Rand, 1941  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla javanica (Horsfield, 1821)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla macrorhyncha (Gould, 1848)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla moluccarum E. J. O. Hartert, 1920  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla papuensis Mayr, 1940  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla patruelis (Peale, 1849)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla rhizophorae Salomonsen, 1934  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla rutenbergi (Hartlaub, 1880)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla solomonensis Mayr, 1940  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla spodiogaster Sharpe, 1894  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla stagnatilis (Gould, 1848)  
                                     Subspecies Butorides atricapilla steini Mayr, 1943  
       

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  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Butorides atricapilla, Little Heron [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
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