---
title: "Little Heron"
description: "Butorides atricapilla — Uccelli. The little heron (Butorides atricapilla) is a small heron, about 44 cm tall."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/little-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Heron

> Butorides atricapilla — Uccelli. The little heron (Butorides atricapilla)  is a small heron, about 44 cm tall.

- Scientific name: *Butorides atricapilla*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 19930
- iNaturalist taxon: [1636180](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1636180)

## Names

- en: Little Heron
- de: Kleiner Mangrovenreiher
- es: Garcilla Verdosa Menor
- fr: Héron des mangroves

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3789), SG (2691), MY (1533), TH (1469), ZA (1270), IN (928), ID (722), KR (456), VN (374), CN (341), MU (320), TW (303)

## Summary

The little heron (Butorides atricapilla)  is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and frequents both fresh and salt water habitats. It is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia. The little heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the striated heron.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_heron

## Photo

![Little Heron](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brecht Verstraete · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288167607

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-heron?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).