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American bittern
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Eurasian bittern
The genus Botaurus was introduced in 1819 by the English naturalist James Francis Stephens. [1] Stephens did not specify the type species but this was designated as Ardea stellaris Linnaeus (Eurasian bittern) by George Gray in 1840. [2][3] The name Botaurus is Medieval Latin for a bittern. The word combines Latin bos meaning "oxen" (compare ...
The black-backed bittern ( Botaurus dubius ), also known as the black-backed least bittern or Australian little bittern, is a little-known species of heron in the family Ardeidae found in Australia and vagrant to southern New Guinea. Formerly lumped with the little bittern, it is one of the smallest herons in the world.
Bitterns are birds in the genera Ixobrychus and Botaurus. Pages in category "Bitterns" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
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