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 |  | Scientific name: Butorides striatus
Size: 50cm
Status: Common
Diet: Crustaceans, small fish and insects.
Habitat: Mangroves swamps and tidal flats.
Breeding: Three to four blue eggs are layed on a flimsy stick platform in a mangrove tree during Spring - Summer.
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| | Striated Heron
/Striated+Heron/$File/Striated+Heron.jpg) There are 22 races of Striated Herons found throughout the tropics and Subtropics, two races are found in Australia. |