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Botaurus

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Botaurus
Stephens, 1819
Species

B. lentiginosa
B. stellata
B. pinnatus
B. poiciloptilus American Bittern from USFWS Title: American Bittern Source: WO4399-006 Publisher: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Rights: public domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) The American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus *) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia” redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... Families Ardeidae Cochlearidae (the Boat-billed Heron) Balaenicipitidae (the Shoebill) Scopidae (the Hammerkop) Ciconiidae Threskiornithidae Cathartidae Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. ... Genera See text The Ardeidae family of birds is the heron, egret and bittern family of wading birds. ... James Francis Stephens (September 16, 1792 - December 22, 1852) was an English zoologist. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Botaurus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. It has a single representative species in each of North America, Central and South America, Eurasia and Australasia. The two northern species are partially migratory, with many birds moving south to warmer areas in winter. † see also: Heron The bitterns are members of the heron family Ardeidae. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... Genera See text. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Eurasia African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the Earths largest landmass covering about 21215121321km² compared with the Americas (approximately 42,000,000 km²), Africa (approximately 30,000,000 km²), and Antarctica (approximately 13,000,000 km²). Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia. ... Australasia Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. ... Flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration Many species of birds undertake seasonal journeys of various lengths, a phenomenon known as Bird migration. ...


The four Botaurus bitterns are all large chunky, heavily streaked brown birds which breed in large reedbeds. They are secretive and well-camouflaged, and despite their size they can be difficult to observe except for occasional flight views.


Like other bitterns, they eat fish, frogs, and similar aquatic life.


Species


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A Reappraisal of the Fossil Heron Palaeophoyx Columbiana McCoy (726 words)
Size variation is considerable in B. lentiginosus (Table 1) but the type of columbianus is smaller (by less than a millimeter, however) than the smallest of 27 specimens of B. lentiginosus and one of B. pinnatus examined.
Unless further analysis of fossil material should indicate otherwise, columbianus may be regarded as a somewhat smaller temporal form of Botaurus lentiginosus.
The genus was said to be "referable to the subfamily Ardeinae due to greater rounding and internal projection of the internal surface of the coraco- humeral area than found in the Botaurinae" (p.
Botaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (131 words)
Botaurus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae.
The four Botaurus bitterns are all large chunky, heavily streaked brown birds which breed in large reedbeds.
They are secretive and well-camouflaged, and despite their size they can be difficult to observe except for occasional flight views.
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