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Green-backed Heron
Groenrugreier · Butorides striata
A small, stocky heron with a dark glossy-green back, chestnut neck and short yellow legs. It crouches low and still on branches or rocks at the water's edge, waiting to stab passing fish. Clever and patient, it sometimes drops bait onto the water to draw fish within reach.
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A small, dark crouching heron with a glossy green-grey back and short legs, often frozen low over the water on a branch.
Where to see it in Kruger
Hides along shady, wooded riverbanks and pool edges, often on low overhanging branches.
Did you know
It is one of the few birds that uses bait, dropping a feather or insect on the water to lure curious fish.
Often confused with
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