dark grey-blue plumage (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2012-06-05)


Lava Heron
Butorides sundevalli

Native Range: South America

Notes: a small dark heron of lava beds and rocky shorelines; has the body of a Green Heron combined with the plumage color of a Little Blue Heron; no sexual dimorphism.

stout body; sturdy bill (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2012-06-05)
posing for a head portrait; yellow iris (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2012-06-05)