Australasian Bittern - profile
Scientific name: Botaurus poiciloptilus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Description ...
Some ornithologists consider the Australasian bittern to be a subspecies of Botaurus stellaris, the bittern of the old world, whilst others do not agree and consider the bird from this region to be a separate species, Botaurus poiciloptilus.
Australasian Bittern Botarus poiciloptilus (Matuku)
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Brolga Grus rubicundus ...
Australasian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)
Sooty tern (Sterna fuscata)
Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida)
Parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Blue-spotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) ...
American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosa.
Great Bittern or European Bittern, Botaurus stellaris
South American Bittern, Botaurus pinnatus
Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus
Botaurus hibbardi (fossil) ...
 See also: Bittern, Ibis, Crane, Purple, Stork
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