Birds of the World

    PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns)  
Genus: Botaurus (4 species)


American Bittern
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
Range: NA: widespread
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Pinnated Bittern
Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus pinnatus)
Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to ne Argentina
Medio Queso, Los Chiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


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Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) Vulnerable
Range: AU: far sw WA, se QLD to se SA and Tasmania (sw, se Australia), North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand), Ouvea (Loyalty Is.) and Grande Terre (New Caledonia; rare)
 



Eurasian Bittern
Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris stellaris)
Range: PAL: widespread
Torrile, Italy  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info



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