Species Detail - Green Heron (Butorides virescens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Butorides virescens
Green Heron
NHMSYS0000530228 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
buvir
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
1
1
1
11/10/2005
13/10/2005
29 May (recorded in 2020)
13 October (recorded in 2005)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Green Heron (Butorides virescens), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/11195

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)