Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green-backed heron (Butorides striatus) jumping, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) jumping to catch dragonfly prey, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated heron (Butorides striata) with Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) in beak, standing on rock. Oman, November

Ann & Steve Toon / Greenbacked heron (Butorides striatus) peering from perch, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Greenbacked heron (Butorides striatus) walking through water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Tony Heald / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata) Kruger National Park, South Africa.

John Shaw / Striated heron (Butorides striata) standing on giant Amazon waterlily leaf (Victoria amazonica). Porto Jofre, Pantanal, Brazil. September.

Tui De Roy / Striated heron (Butorides striata) with crab prey, Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / Striated heron (Butorides striata) hunting on coast, Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Bernard Castelein / Striated heron (Butorides striatus) Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Roy Mangersnes / Striated heron (Butorides striata) fishing in the surf, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.

Wim van den Heever / Green backed / Striated heron (Butorides striata) hunting low across water, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Graham Eaton / Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus) or Striated Heron, fishing in swamp.Cayenne, French Guiana. July.

Melvin Grey / Green-backed heron (Butorides striatus virescens) adult male, Shark Valley, Florida, USA, February.

Ernie Janes / Green-backed heron (Butorides striatus) perched on drift wood in lagoon, Fort Myers Beach, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Staffan Widstrand / Little green heron or Striated heron (Butorides striatus / virescens) catching insect, Napo wildlife lodge, Amazonas, Ecuador, South America, April.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Striated heron (Butorides striata), Boondala Bird Sanctuary, Sri Lanka.

Loic Poidevin / Juvenile Green backed heron (Butorides striatus) on a branch, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Green backed heron (Butorides striatus) on a branch, Samburu, Kenya, October.

George Sanker / Green Heron (Butorides striatus) catching a small fish. Everglades, Florida, USA, March.

Konrad Wothe / Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus rutenbergi) in mangrove tree near Morondava, Madagascar, Africa

Laurent Geslin / Striated green night heron (Butorides striatus) on branch in vegetation, Khwai, Okavango Delta, Moremi reserve, Botswana

Hermann Brehm / Striated Heron (Butoriodes striatus) on Giant water Lily, Pantanal, Brazil

Steven David Miller / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) on mangrove tree branch, Yellow Waters wetland, South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) with dragonfly prey, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Shibai Xiao / Little heron (Butorides striatus) and Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) on boat, captured by fisherman and used for fishing, Hainan Island, China.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) perched on rock with head feathers blowing in the wind, Oman, March.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) in flight over ocean, Oman, March.

Alex Mustard / Hairy / striated / striped frogfish (Antennarius striatus) Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Striated Heron (Butorides striata) in profile. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Striated Heron (Butorides striatus) in water. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} feeding on small fish, Oman, January

George Sanker / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} with large fish, Hillsborough River, near Tampa, Florida, USA, Spring

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus). Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Pete Oxford / Striated heron (Butorides striatus) juvenile on shoreline, Fernandina Is, Galapagos

Pete Oxford / Striated heron (Butorides striatus) juvenile on shoreline, Fernandina Is, Galapagos

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} perched on algae covered rock, Musandam, Oman

Yuri Shibnev / Green backed heron {Butorides striatus} adult in nest with chick, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Steven David Miller / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} preening, Florida, USA

Tony Heald / Green-backed heron / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} on water lettuce Kruger NP, South Africa.

Tony Heald / Green-backed heron / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} on water lettuce, Kruger NP, South Africa.

Philippe Clement / Striated green / Green-backed heron {Butorides striatus} Kruger NP South Africa

Philippe Clement / Striated green / Green-backed heron on water hyacinth {Butorides striatus} Kruger NP South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Striated green heron, juvenile {Butorides striatus} Moremi WR, Botswana

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated green heron {Butorides striatus} Oman

George McCarthy / Striated green heron, Everglades, Florida, USA

George McCarthy / Striated green heron,Everglades, Florida, USA

George McCarthy / Striated green heron, Everglades, Florida, USA

Hermann Brehm / Striated heron at water's edge, Florida USA

Nature Production / Striated / Green-backed Heron {Butorides striatus} feeding on Pale Chub fish, Suizenji Park, Kumamoto, Japan, August

Nature Production / Striated / Green-backed Heron {Butorides striatus} leaning forward to feed on Water strider, Suizenji Park, Kumamoto, Japan, August

Nature Production / Striated / Green-backed Heron {Butorides striatus} leaning forward to feed on bait, Suizenji Park, Kumamoto, Japan, August

Nature Production / Striated / Green-backed Heron {Butorides striatus} leaning forward to feed on bait, Suizenji Park, Kumamoto, Japan, August

Tim Laman / Striated heron (Butorides striata) perched on branch along Anangu creek, Yasuni National Park, Orellana Province, Ecuador.

Roland Seitre / Striated heron (Butorides striata) standing on rocks, Reunion.

George Sanker / Green heron (Butorides striatus) in flight, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.

Bernard Castelein / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata) perched on branch next to river with fish prey in beak, Allahein River, The Gambia.

Loic Poidevin / Striated heron (Butorides striata) foraging near water's edge. Uganda.

Roland Seitre / Tahiti Striated heron (Butorides striata patruelis) perched on a branch, Tahiti, French Polynesia.

Roland Seitre / Striated heron (Butorides striata rutenbergi) standing on a boulder, Reunion, Indian Ocean.

Roland Seitre / Striated heron (Butorides striata rutenbergi) standing on a boulder, Reunion, Indian Ocean.

Bernard Castelein / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata) juvenile, perched on a branch, Allahein river, The Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata) walking along waters edge, Allahein river, The Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata) walking across wet sand, Allahein river, The Gambia

Bernard Castelein / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata) walking across wet sand, Allahein river, The Gambia.

Neil Challis / Striated heron (Butorides striata) catching and eating dragonflies at dusk on lake shore, Western Thailand.

David Tipling / Striated / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata degens) Seychelles race, Alphonse Atoll, Seychelles

David Tipling / Striated / Green-backed heron (Butorides striata degens) perched in rain, Alphonse Atoll, Seychelles