Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Botaurus
 
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Version 2.0

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SPECIES

American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

Peter E. Lowther, Alan F. Poole, James P. Gibbs, Scott M. Melvin, and F. A. Reid
Version: 2.0 — Published April 1, 2009

Revision History

Birds of North America

  • Version  2.0

  • Revision
  • April 1, 2009
  • American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

Authors

Peter E. Lowther, Alan F. Poole, James P. Gibbs, Scott M. Melvin, and F. A. Reid

Revisors

Peter E. Lowther and Alan F. Poole

Recommended Citation

Lowther, P. E., A. F. Poole, J. P. Gibbs, S. M. Melvin, and F. A. Reid (2009). American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.18

Recommended Citation

Gibbs, J. P., S. Melvin, and F. A. Reid. 1992. American Bittern. In The Birds of North America, No. 18 (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.18.p

Recommended Citation

Lowther, P. E., A. F. Poole, J. P. Gibbs, S. M. Melvin, and F. A. Reid (2009). American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.18