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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 little bittern was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Ardea minuta. [2] Linnaeus specified the type locality as "Helvetia, Aleppo" but this is now restricted to Switzerland. [3] The little bittern was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.
Seqocrypta jakara, Brush footed spider. Family Clubionidae. Clubiona robusta, Stout sac spider. Family Corinnidae. Poecilipta spp., Ant-mimicking spiders Nyssus coloripes, Painted swift spider. Family Deinopidae. Asianopis subrufa, Rufous net-casting spider. Family Desidae. Black house spider Badumna insignis (Desidae) Badumna insignis, Black ...
Estimates put the total number of Australian spider species at about 10,000. [11] Only around 3,600 have been described. [12] Little information is known about many undiscovered species. [11] New species are found each year.
The Australasian bittern is best known for its cryptic plumage and behaviours, which allows it to blend into the rushes and reeds of its wetland habitats, making it particularly difficult to spot. [2] [3] Despite being rarely seen, Australasian bittern males have a distinct "booming" call that can carry long distances. [3]
Here are spider bite pictures and tips to identify them. Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite pictures and ...
Little bittern: Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar Botaurus sinensis (formerly placed in Ixobrychus) Yellow bittern: northern Indian Subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan and Indonesia. Botaurus dubius (formerly placed in Ixobrychus) Black-backed bittern: Australia and southern New Guinea
The spider Hemsworth was handed in at one of the park’s drop-off locations in Newcastle, a coastal city around 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Sydney. Park staff first thought it was a female ...