La historia
I photographed this Striated Heron (Butorides striata) at the Nowen Bridge in Puerto Concordia, Meta, Colombia, in febrero de 2021. It is mainly a lowland bird of marshes, lakes and rivers, and it eats small fish, frogs and aquatic insects. It sometimes fishes with bait, carefully dropping a feather or leaf on the water and catching the fish that come to investigate. It was once considered the same species as the Little Heron of the Old World tropics. It is widespread in tropical and warm temperate South America, mainly in the lowlands, in marshes, lakes and rivers.
I made this frame with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11 plus the RF 1.4x extender, at 1/1000 sec, f/16, ISO 3200. IUCN lists the Striated Heron as Least Concern with a stable population.
©2021 Adam Rainoff Photographer
El ave
The Striated Heron (Butorides striata) pertenece a la familia Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Conservación
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2022), with the population trend listed as stable. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN
